Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War's Hidden Legacy

Author:   Richard A. Matthew ,  Bryan McDonald ,  Kenneth R. Rutherford ,  Her Majesty Queen Noor
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
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9780791463093


Pages:   318
Publication Date:   03 June 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Recounts and evaluates the worldwide effort to ban landmines.

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Author:   Richard A. Matthew ,  Bryan McDonald ,  Kenneth R. Rutherford ,  Her Majesty Queen Noor
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780791463093


ISBN 10:   0791463095
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   03 June 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Forewords Her Majesty Queen Noor The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy Lady Heather Mills McCartney and Sir Paul McCartney Senator Patrick Leahy Acknowledgments PART I: THE GLOBAL LANDMINE CRISIS 1. Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement I: Introduction Richard A. Matthew 2. The Global Landmine Crisis in the 1990s Bryan McDonald 3. Evaluating the Impacts of the Ottawa Treaty Leah Fraser PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON THE MINE BAN MOVEMENT 4. Nongovernmental Organizations and the Landmine Ban Kenneth R. Rutherford 5. Clearing the Path to a Mine-Free World: Implementing the Ottawa Convention Kerry Brinkert and Kevin Hamilton 6. Europe and the Ottawa Treaty: Compliance with Exceptions and Loopholes Paul Chamberlain and David Long 7. Perspective from a Mine-Affected Country: Mozambique Carlos dos Santos 8. Victim Assistance: Landmine Survivors' Perspectives Raquel Willerman PART III: RELATED ISSUES: DEMINING AND VICTIM ASSISTANCE 9. Political Minefield Michael J. Flynn 10. Tackling the Global Landmine Problem: The United States Perspective Stacy Bernard Davis and Donald F. ""Pat"" Patierno 11. Demining: Enhancing the Process Colin King 12. Public--Private Demining Partnerships: A Case Study of Afghanistan Oren J. Schlein 13. Landmines Prolong Conflicts and Impede Socioeconomic Development Nay Htun 14. The Victim Assistance Provision of the Mine Ban Treaty Glenna L. Fak 15. The Environmental Impacts of Landmines Claudio Torres Nachon 16. A Necessary Evil?: Reexamining the Military Utility of Antipersonnel Landmines Ted Gaulin 17. Are Landmines Still Needed to Defend South Korea?: A Mine Use Case Study J. Antonio Ohe PART IV: IMPLICATIONS OF THE MINE BAN MOVEMENT 18. The Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Landmines: Potential Lessons Stephen Goose and Jody Williams 19. The Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Landmines and Global Civil Society Paul Wapner 20. Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement II: Conclusions Richard A. Matthew Contributors Index SUNY Series in Global Politics"

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There are important lessons to be learned, and Landmines and Human Security gives us the tools to apply these lessons as we move forward, both to universalize the Ottawa Treaty and to meet other challenges in today's dangerous and complex world.


"""There are important lessons to be learned, and Landmines and Human Security gives us the tools to apply these lessons as we move forward, both to universalize the Ottawa Treaty and to meet other challenges in today's dangerous and complex world."""


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Richard A. Matthew is Associate Professor of International and Environmental Politics and Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California at Irvine. Bryan McDonald is Assistant Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California at Irvine. Kenneth R. Rutherford is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University and cofounder of the Landmine Survivors Network.

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