Human insecurity in East Asia / edited by Michio Umegaki, Lynn Thiesmeyer and Atsushi Watabe

Introduction: East Asia in a human security perspective / Michio Umegaki -- pt. 1. Living with human insecurity: Embracing human insecurity : agent Orange-Dioxin and the legacies of the war in Vietnam / Michio Umegaki, Vu Le Thao Chi and Tran Duc Phan ; The ageing community : human insecurity in a "developed" society / Satoshi Watanabe ; Choice of their own, choice from their need : people on the move in rural northeast Thailand / Atsushi Watabe and Chaicharn Wongsamun ; Rural changes and ageing in human insecurity in northern Thailand / Liwa Pardthaisong-Chaipanich -- pt. 2. Intervening in human security: Landlessness and development : policy purposes and policy outcomes in Southeast Asia / Lynn Thiesmeyer ; Policy coordination beyond borders : Japan-China environmental policy practices in Shenyang and Chengdu, China / Wang Xue-ping and Yoshika Sekine ; ASEAN migrant workers : from poverty to human security-based competitiveness / Patcharawalai Wongboonsin ; Pesticide dependence in agriculture : policy for productivity and policy for security in Vietnam / Tran Duc Vien and Pham Van Hoi ; Creating a community : ageing in urban Japan / Daisuke Watanabe ; Human security practises in a highland minority project / Lynn Thiesmeyer and Seewiga Kittyuongkun -- Epilogue: Research in human insecurity / Michio Umegaki.

xv, 285 p. : charts, graphs, tables ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
UN sales no. not printed.

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