| ID | 108534 |
| Title Proper | Human security |
| Other Title Information | a global responsibility to protect and provide |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Holliday, Ian ; Howe, Brendan |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For the past 15 years, the concept of human security has been promoted as a significant extension of traditional security studies. However, while human security
has been present and visible in academic and practitioner discourse, it is yet truly
to capture the imagination of specialists. Partly this is a result of the belligerent
direction global politics has taken in the new millennium. Partly, however, it results
from conceptual inadequacies internal to the notion itself. This article confronts
the latter problem. It first examines the emergence of human security within the
wider security studies literature, homes in on debates about human security, and
draws important parallels between development and human security. It then
builds on this to restate human security as freedom from fear and freedom from
want, and to demonstrate how this conceptualization can be understood as a dual
responsibility initially to protect and subsequently to provide. It finally considers
whether a responsibility to intervene is generated by this approach. The brief conclusion summarizes the argument that this conceptualization generates a fresh
way forward for human security studies. |
| `In' analytical Note | Korean Journal of Defence Analysis Vol. 23, No. 1; Mar 2011: p.73-91 |
| Journal Source | Korean Journal of Defence Analysis Vol. 23, No. 1; Mar 2011: p.73-91 |
| Key Words | Human Security ; Global Politics ; Conceptualization |