Development and Security in Southeast Asia

This title was first published in 2003. This three-volume set examines the relationship between government and civil society in their efforts to define and pursue security. Including the results of an extensive research program each volume is organized around one of the three principal themes - environment people and globalization supplying compelling evidence of the tension between economic change and human well-being. Challenging the conventional wisdom about the beneficial results of economically induced change this first volume suggests that too often the mismanagement of development jeopardizes the security of individuals families communities and possibly the state by harming the very environment which is required to sustain both people and their economic existence. Bringing together an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplines this volume is particularly relevant for academic and general research communities in the areas of social economic political and security matters of Southeast Asia.