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The Brazilian View on the Conceptualization of Security: Philosophical, Ethical and Cultural Contexts and Issues

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Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 3))

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The chapter focuses on a critical assessment of the latest declaratory policy of the Brazilian government as expressed in the 2005 Brazilian Defence Policy Document. This does not correspond to a white paper or to a national security policy but, as it results from an extensive process of political bargaining, it does express contemporary Brazilian conceptualizations of security authoritatively. We speak of ‘conceptualizations’, in the plural form, since it does not express a single, or even a dominant, conception. Its appreciation sets the stage for the historical consideration of the trajectory that can explain its nature, introducing the presentation of the philosophical, ethical, and cultural contexts and issues of the Brazilian conceptualization of security.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Cx. Postal 68507, PEP/Coppe/UFRJ, 21945-097, Cidade Universitária RJ, Brasil

    Prof. Dr. Domício Proença Jr

  2. International Relations Program, Av. Itaú, 525, 30850-035, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Prof. Dr. Eugenio Diniz

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  1. Department of Political and Social Sciences, member of the College of Associated Scientists and Advisors (CASA) at UNU-EHS, AFES-PRESS chairman, Free University Berlin, Germany

    Hans Günter Brauch (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

  2. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidiscipinarias (CRIM), National University of Mexico (UNAM), MRF Chair on Social Vulnerability at UNU-EHS, México

    Úrsula Oswald Spring (Research Professor) (Research Professor)

  3. Faculty of Management, Cracow University of Economics, Pl-31-510, Kraków, ul Rakowicka 27, Poland

    Czeslaw Mesjasz (Professor, Vice Dean) (Professor, Vice Dean)

  4. Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

    John Grin (Professor, Director) (Professor, Director)

  5. Amsterdam School for Social science Research, Dept. of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, OZ Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    John Grin (Professor, Director) (Professor, Director)

  6. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Avenue de la Paix 7bis, P.O. Box 1295, CH-1211, Geneva 1, Switzerland

    Pál Dunay (Faculty member) (Faculty member)

  7. Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Maulana Mohamed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi, 110025, India

    Navnita Chadha Behera (Professor) (Professor)

  8. University of Tunis-Carthage, 12 Avenue 7 Novembre, 1164, Hammam-Chatt, Tunisia

    Béchir Chourou (Professor of International Relations) (Professor of International Relations)

  9. Department of Private Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Nairobi

    Patricia Kameri-Mbote (Chair, Programme Director for Africa) (Chair, Programme Director for Africa)

  10. International Environmental Law Research Centre, Kenya Office, PO Box 2394 KNH, 00202, Nairobi, Kenya

    Patricia Kameri-Mbote (Chair, Programme Director for Africa) (Chair, Programme Director for Africa)

  11. Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 02840-4129, USA

    P. H. Liotta (Professor of Humanities, Director) (Professor of Humanities, Director)

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Proença, D., Diniz, E. (2008). The Brazilian View on the Conceptualization of Security: Philosophical, Ethical and Cultural Contexts and Issues. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Globalization and Environmental Challenges. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75977-5_21

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