Author(s): Valentin FILIP
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2015
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 13/2015
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Abstract:
The current debates focusing on a deeper and wider understanding of the
security concept seem to revolve around theoretical and factual developments starting
with 1945 and especially with 1989. The historical approach proposed by this paper
attempts to expand the time horizon to an older peace arrangement: the Versailles
Treaty. Taking into account empirical evidence and approaching conceptual debates, it
argues that the security’s conceptual rationale – peace and conflict – was long ago
treated from a social perspective. The origins of the social dimension of the security
concept may thus be traced back to the International Labor Organization and the
process that led to its inclusion in the Versailles Treaty.
Keywords: social dimension of the security concept, social security, Paris Peace
Conference, Versailles Treaty, International Labor Organization, Progressivism,
Wilsonianism.
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