Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Theory: 1. Security and gov ernance: existing approaches; 2. The state transformation approach; Par t II. Case Studies: 3. Governing transboundary pollution: Southeast Asi a's haze; 4. Governing infectious disease: H5N1 avian influenza in Sout heast Asia; 5. Governing transnational crime: securitisation and the gl obal anti-money-laundering regime.

"'Non-traditional' security problems like pandemic diseases, climate change and terrorism now pervade the global agenda. Many argue that so vereign state-based governance is no longer adequate, demanding and con structing new approaches to manage border-spanning threats. Drawing on critical literature in political science, political geography and polit ical economy, this is the first book that systematically explains the o utcomes of these efforts. It shows that transboundary security challeng es are primarily governed not through supranational organisations, but by transforming state apparatuses and integrating them into multilevel, regional or global regulatory governance networks. The socio-political contestation shaping this process determines the form, content and ope ration of transnational security governance regimes. Using three in-dep th case studies - environmental degradation, pandemic disease, and tran snational crime - this innovative book integrates global governance and international security studies and identifies the political and normat ive implications of non-traditional security governance, providing insi ghts for scholars and policymakers alike"-- Provided by publisher.