Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Ford Institute for Human Security Simon Reich have recently publishedHuman Trafficking, Human Security and the Balkans, one of the first and only books on the human trafficking trends in the Balkans.
Reich and co-editor H. Richard Friman have compiled contributions from top scholars, NGO representatives, and government officials to offer solutions to a growing issue that has received little attention in the years following four Yugoslav wars. Though reconstruction efforts have been focused in South Eastern Europe, local populations are lacking the basic protections that would enable them to live their lives freely.
Reich's book explores the complex dynamics human trafficking in the region, including how an increasingly globalized economy, the effectiveness of international and transnational policies and practice, the impact of peacekeeping forces, and the emergence of national and regional action plans in the Western Balkans, and more broadly, in South Eastern Europe. Finally, the book considers the nature and consequences of the existing gap between human security rhetoric and policy steps against human trafficking.
Simon Reich's teaching and research areas include human security, globalization studies, West European politics, comparative public policy, and international political economy, among many others. He holds a joint appointment with the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Political Science and is currently teaching a capstone course at GSPIA on Freedom From Fear: Direct Threats to Civilian Populations. Visit Simon's online profile here.
The Ford Institute for Human Security was established in 2003 and is a part of the Ridgway Center for International Security Studies. Visit the Ford Institute's website for more information.
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