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Applying feminist ethics to a comprehensive reworking of the theory of human security, addressing such issues as poverty, health, environment, conflict and peace building

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Ethics of Care and Global Politics 2. Rethinking Human Security 3. "Women's Work": The Global Care and Sex Economies 4. Humanitarian Intervention and Global Security Governance 5. Peacebuilding and Paternalism: Reading Care through Postcolonialism 6. Health and Human Security: Gender, Care, and HIV/AIDs 7. Gender, Care, and the Ethics of Environmental Security Conclusion: Security through Care References Index

About the Author

Fiona Robinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. She is the author of Globalizing Care: Ethics, Feminist Theory and International Relations, and numerous journal articles on ethics, gender, and human rights in world politics.

Reviews

"[Robinson's] argument is unique and far-reaching and will have significant ramifications in the international relations literature." Choice, June 2012 "Robinson provides important contributions to the literature on human security and the feminist ethic of health care... Her theoretically sophisticated approach provides a new lens to view perennial issues of security." Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Summer 2012