Globalization and Security [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia (Praeger Security International)

Biographical Note:

G. Honor Fagan is a sociologist and dean of graduate studies at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ronoldo Munk works in the president's office at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, and is responsible for internationalization and social development.

"This well-written and -organized collection would be of use to readers interested in the current state of globalization and its impact on the world at large. Recommended for both academic and public libraries."

Library Journal

"This is a two-volume reference collecting articles on key issues and concepts concerning the relationship between globalization and security. The first volume is dedicated to political and economic aspects and includes 22 articles on citizenship, democracy, development, environmental insecurity, finance, food security/fisheries, geopolitics, global ethics and human security, human rights, imperialism, information wars, the nation-state, natural resources, the new economy, new wars, nongovernmental organizations, regionalism in the Americas and Eurasia, regulation, terrorism, trade, and transnational corporations. The second volume looks at social and cultural aspects and contains articles discussing the city and the self; consumerism; counterglobalization movements; crime; culture; education; fundamentalism; gender, human security, and globalized interconnectivity; global civil society; health security; indigenous peoples; inequality; the Internet and human security; media, public diplomacy, and security; migration; modernity; race and ethnicity; religion; social exclusion; social movements; and welfare. Each volume includes a glossary and an index."

Reference & Research Book News

"For 60 years, Praeger, now an imprint of ABC-CLIO, has published outstanding titles in international and military

affairs, social issues, and politics; this two-volume, in-depth, subject encyclopedia is no exception. . . . The topics are interesting and timely, the writing is engaging, and the contributors are highly qualified. In seamless fashion this set takes readers from cultural homogenization to blood diamonds to counter-globalization to child soldiers. Essential. All academic libraries supporting upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty."

Choice

Globalization and Security: An Encyclopedia addresses the need for an authoritative, but accessible analysis of the impact of globalization on security and its multifaceted aspects. Broad in scope, this two-volume set covers the economic and political aspects of globalization, as well as its social and cultural impacts. More importantly, it is the first work to focus explicitly on security, including human security broadly conceived, and the role that globalization plays in the world's new and ever-evolving security environment.

While more books on globalization are becoming available, none focus on the impact of globalism on security-related issues as this set does. Drawing on the expertise of specialists from many disciplines and nations, Globalization and Security directly addresses the needs of one of the fastest-growing areas of study, the intersection of globalization and security worldwide.

Review Citations:

• Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 60 (EAN 9780275996925, Hardcover)
• Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 94 (EAN 9780275996925, Hardcover)
• Choice 04/01/2010 (EAN 9780275996925, Hardcover)
• Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 37 (EAN 9780275996925, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Munck, Ronaldo
Ronaldo Munck is head of civic engagement at Dublin City University and visiting professor in Development Studies at St Mary's University, Canada. He is the founding chair of the Development Studies Association of Ireland and has written widely on development issues from a Southern and social movement perspective with an output of more than twenty books and over one hundred academic journal articles. Recent work includes Rethinking Latin America: Development, Hegemony and Social Transformation. He was a PI for the Water Is Life research project funded by Irish Aid.