A world of insecurity [electronic resource] : anthropological perspectives on human security / edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ellen Bal and Oscar Salemink.

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ISBN:

9781849644419

Title:

A world of insecurity [electronic resource] : anthropological perspectives on human security / edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ellen Bal and Oscar Salemink.

Author:

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 300 pages).

Series:

Anthropology, culture and society

Contents:

Human security and social anthropology / Taking risks for security's sake : Bolivians resisting their state and its economic policies / State formation, imposition of a land market and silent resistance among the Berbers of the Middle Atlas / Flexible migrants : Brazilian gold miners and their quest for human security in Surinam / 'Bharat-Wasie or Surinamie?' Hindustani notions of belonging in Surinam and the Netherlands / Cultural identity as a key dimension of human security in Western Europe : the Dutch case / 'I'd die without the cybersouk' : local experiences in a Dutch digital community centre / Religion, identity and security among Pomeranian Lutheran migrants in Espírito Santo, Brazil (1880-2005) : a schema repertoire approach / Changing notions of belonging : migrants and natives in an Amsterdam multicultural neighbourhood / Tales from a captive audience : dissident narratives and the official history of the Seychelles / Harnessing ceremonial for political security : an Indian princely state on the verge of extinction / Ritual efficacy, spiritual security and human security : spirit mediumship in contemporary Vietnam

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Subject Term:

Social rights.

Social conflict -- Political aspects -- Case studies.

Human security.

Ethnology -- Social aspects.

Ethnicity.

Added Author:

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland.

Bal, Ellen.

Salemink, Oscar.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Summary

Human security is a key element in the measure of well-being, and a hot topic in anthropology and development studies. A World of Insecurity outlines a new approach to the subject.

The contributors expose a contradiction at the heart of conventional accounts of what constitutes human security, namely that without taking non-material considerations such as religion, ethnicity and gender into account, discussions of human security, academically and in practical terms, are incomplete, inconclusive and deeply flawed. A variety of compelling case studies indicate that, in fact, material security alone cannot adequately explain or fully account for human activity in a range of different settings, and exposed to a variety of different threats.

This forceful book will expand and deepen the entire concept of human security, in the process endowing it with political relevance. It is an essential read for students of development studies and anthropology.