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Economic Security

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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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Broadening and deepening interpretations of the concept of security has brought about theoretical implications, which in many instances also translate into policy-making. Fuzzy or simplified interpretations, sometimes without any logical rigour, frequently lead to situations when scholars and policy-makers use the utterances of ‘adjective security’, but their interpretations are of very limited theoretical and practical applicability.

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  1. Traditional collection of security sectors can be supplemented with information security covering a very broad area, beginning from security of computer systems and data transfers, and ending with political, social, economic, and military consequences of disruptions of information systems in the world scale — see Ross Anderson, Economics and Security Resource Page, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/∼rja14/econsec.html, 20 May 2007.

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  2. In the realist school of political economy the inter-state wars can be analysed with the conceptual apparatus drawn from economic theory — utility and rational choice (Bueno de Mesquita/Lalman 1992).

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  3. Although many commentators say we are living in a time of unprecedented global integration, the world economy was actually more integrated at the end of the 19th century. Despite increasing integration in some respects, the contemporary world is in many ways fragmented and lacks coordination(Streeten 2001).

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  1. Cracow University of Economics, Pl-31-510, Kraków, ul Rakowicka 27, Poland

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. habil. Czeslaw Mesjasz

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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Mesjasz, C. (2008). Economic Security. 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_43

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