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Human security is understood as a reponse to the proliferation of new security threats which fit awkwardly within the relatively narrow confines of the traditional, state-centric national security paradigm. This volume serves as a valuable compilation of a disparate discourse and a core reference for scholars and practitioners

"Since the end of the Cold War, Human Security has become an important approach in international politics, law, and political science. In contrast to the so-called 'Westphalian System' that knows only states as subjects and objects of security, human security aims at the security of individual human beings if failed or failing states do not protect them nor provide for their basic needs. Thereby, such heterogeneous forms of security as security from war, food security, energy security or security from crime and traffic accidents become common problems of international politics. Developing this new concept of security, UN documents as well as some experts suggest that the extended concept of security is a recurrence of the premodern concept of security that prevailed before the clear-cut distinction between domestic and international politics and the evolution of the system of states. This introduction discusses contributions on the premodern and contemporary history of (human) security and tries to assess the heuristic potential of the concept for historical research." (author's abstract)

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars are taking place live in daily fear of violence. Moreover new wars are increasingly intertwined with other global risks the spread of disease, vulnerability to natural disasters, poverty and homelessness. Yet our security conceptions, drawn from the dominant experience of World War II and based on the use of conventional military force, do not reduce that insecurity; rather they make it worse. This book is an exploration of this security gap. It makes the case for a new approach to security based on a global conversation- a public debate among civil society groups and individuals as well as states and international institutions. The chapters follow on from Kaldors path breaking analysis of the character of new wars in places like the Balkans or Africa during the 1990s. The first four chapters provide a context; they cover the experience of humanitarian intervention, the nature of American power, the new nationalist and religious movements that are associated with globalization, and how these various aspects of current security dilemmas have played out in the Balkans. The last three chapters are more normative, dealing with the evolution of the idea of global civil society, the relevance of just war theory in a global era, and the concept of human security and what it might mean to implement such a concept. This book will appeal to all those interested in issues of peace and conflict, in particular to students of politics and international relations.

An at-a-glance illustrated guide to global and regional trends in human insecurity, the miniAtlas provides a succinct introduction to today's most pressing security challenges. It maps political violence, the links between poverty and conflict, assaults on human rights including the use of child soldiers and the causes of war and peace.

While no one disputes that the core element of human security is the physical protection of people, most new views are that human security should also include the empowerment of people. The varying opinions of what empowerment encompasses are all rooted in Enlightenment Liberalism. Both the broad & narrow schools of human security have conceptual & practical difficulties. Hoping to move beyond these difficulties, three ways of viewing the future of human security are discussed: as Liotta's threats vs vulnerabilities model; as a potential guiding principle for EU foreign policy; & as Taylor Owen's (2004) human security threshold. The narrow conceptualization focuses on violence, but millions die each year from nonviolent preventable human security threats. People should not have to be vulnerable to serious harm. While there must be a threshold of the harms against which they can feasibly be protected, in the name of human security, every effort should be made to protect people not just from war & conflict but from preventable disease, starvation, civil conflict, & terrorism. Tables, Figures. J. Stanton

"In the present discussion on 'Human Security', Insurances have been only lately involved. The contribution starts with the assumption that Insurances are historically an especially fruitful object of research for the general question of the history of security regimes. It shows that, contrary to some suggestions held in risk sociology, early Mediterranean maritime insurances are to be judged rather as something completely different than the modern insurances from the 17th century onwards managed by merchants' companies and states. The latter belonged to a secular process of constructing a 'normal secure society' during enlightenment. The relationship between Timescapes, Spatiality and Insurances is analyzed: are Insurances per se an instrument of colonizing 'the future' because they are instrumental in calculating and constructing clearly defined 'risks'? or is that future orientation just one element, but is perhaps the wider socio-political context with its prevailing timescapes in which the insurance operations were embedded a changing one from pre- to postmodernity? Asking those questions the article contributes to an approach of using 'human security' as a heuristical device to explore the history of security production." (author's abstract)

Zarówno human security (bezpieczeństwo jednostki ludzkiej), jak i dyplomacja publiczna są poddawane krytyce za brak precyzji. Obie te kategorie należą do obszaru polityki zagranicznej. Artykuł dotyczy zależności między dyplomacją publiczną a human security w dziedzinie polityki zagranicznej. Po pierwsze, dokonano przeglądu definicji human security, wyodrębniając trzy ich główne grupy. Po drugie, wyjaśniono pojęcie dyplomacji publicznej, wskazując na ewolucję "klasycznej" dyplomacji i jej funkcji. Wreszcie zbadano użyteczność dyplomacji publicznej do promocji human security na forum międzynarodowym. W tym celu przeanalizowano studia przypadków polityki Japonii i Kanady, wiodących zwolenników human security. Główne pytanie dotyczy tego, czy dyplomacja publiczna i jej nowoczesne narzędzia, takie jak technologie cyfrowe, są wykorzystywane do rozpowszechniania założeń human security na forum międzynarodowym. Przyjęto, że human security, jako oficjalna polityka w państwach, które je promują, jest upowszechniane środkami dyplomacji publicznej. W celu sprawdzenia tego twierdzenia zbadano stanowiska Japonii i Kanady w omawianym zakresie. ; Both human security and public diplomacy have been openly criticised for their lack of precision. They also both belong to the area of foreign policy. This paper deals with the interplay between public diplomacy and human security in the field of foreign policy. First, definitions of human security are reviewed, and three main groups of definitions of this term are provided. Second, the concept of public diplomacy is explained, emphasising the evolution of "classic" diplomacy and its functions. The final part of the paper looks at the relevance of public diplomacy to the promotion of human security. To do so, case studies of policies of the two main human security supporters, Japan and Canada, have been scrutinised. The main research question posed is whether public diplomacy, and its modern tools such as digital technologies, is used to spread human security values abroad. The key point is that human security – an official policy of the states that affirm it – is promoted through public diplomacy abroad. To verify this claim, the author has looked at the positions of Japan and Canada in this respect. ; Sowohl human security als auch die Public Diplomacy werden für ihren Mangel an Präzision kritisiert. Beide Kategorien gehören zum Gebiet der Außenpolitik. Der Artikel behandelt das Zusammenspiel zwischen Public Diplomacy und human security auf dem Gebiet der Außenpolitik. Erstens wurden Definitionen von human security betrachtet und in drei Hauptgruppen unterschieden. Zweitens wurde der Begriff der Public Diplomacy mit Hinweis auf die Evolution der "klassischen" Diplomatie und ihrer Funktion erklärt. Der letzte Teil dieses Paper betrachtet die Relevanz von Public Diplomacy für die Förderung von human security. Zu diesem Zweck wurden in Fallstudien die Politik von Japan und Kanada, der zwei wichtigsten Befürworter, geprüft. Die zentrale Forschungsfrage ist, ob Public Diplomany und ihre modernen Werkzeuge, wie die Digitaltechniken, zur Verbreitung von human security international genutzt werden. Das Hauptargument lautet, dass human security als offizielle Politik der Staaten, die diese Politik fördern, durch Public Diplomacy international verbreitet wird. Zur Überprüfung dieser Behauptung wurden die Haltungen von Japan und Kanada in diesem Bereich untersucht. ; Human security (безопасность человека, безопасность личности) и общественная дипломатия подвергаются критике из-за отсутствия точности определения. Обе эти категории относятся к области внешней политики. В статье рассмотрена взаи- мосвязь между общественной дипломатией и human security в области внешней политики. Во-первых, были рассмотрены существующие определения human security и выделены три их основные группы. Во-вторых, объяснено понятие об- щественной дипломатии и прослежена эволюция «классической» дипломатии и ее функций. Наконец, было исследовано влияние общественной дипломатии на распространение human security на международной арене. С этой целью были проанализированы выбранные действия Японии и Канады – двух ключевых сто- ронников human security. Главный вопрос заключается в том, как используется об- щественная дипломатия и ее современные инструменты (напр. цифровые тех- нологии) для распространения human security на международном форуме. Было выдвинуто предположение, что human security, как официальная политика госу- дарств, которые ее продвигают, распространяется с использованием средств об- щественной дипломатии. Чтобы проверить это предположение, были изучены позиции Японии и Канады в исследуемой области.

This book provides seven studies that address major issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations.Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussionContributors are internationally renowned experts in the differe

The report proposes a new security framework that centres directly and specifically on people. Human security focuses on shielding people from critical and pervasive threats and empowering them to take charge of their lives. It demands creating genuine opportunities for people to live in safety and dignity and earn their livelihood

This paper is not a comprehensive critique of the concept of the concept of human security, for which the reader should look to some of the authors cited here and those whom they cite. Rather, it is based on remarks prepared as a discussant at a human security workshop held at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia on 8 June 2010. Adapted from the source document.

The quest for human security is a defining issue of our times. The international human rights norms define the content of human security. In the contemporary world, it is of the utmost importance to understand the linkages between human rights and human security. The relationship between freedom and security is also a central issue of our times. This is the first book ever to trace the links between human rights and human security. It provides answers to a key question: How does the protection of human rights in the contemporary world contribute to human security and how can one strengthen protection in the future?