| ID | 113723 |
| Title Proper | Thinking critically about food security |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shepherd, Benjamin |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the tension between food security as strategic practice and as the human insecurity of hunger. It makes the case that hunger is a security matter that warrants greater attention from security scholars, but identifies some limitations with state-centric and human security approaches. The article explores Ken Booth's 'emancipatory realism' security project as one avenue for overcoming these limitations and uses Booth's work to assist in developing a reframing of food security. It proposes redefining food security in terms of securing vulnerable populations from the structural violence of hunger, and argues that such a framing offers both conceptual and practical value for efforts to confront the problem of increasing and widespread hunger. |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Dialogue Vol. 43, No.3; Jun 2012: p.195-212 |
| Journal Source | Security Dialogue Vol. 43, No.3; Jun 2012: p.195-212 |
| Key Words | Human Security ; Insecurity ; Violence ; Critical Security Studies ; Food Security ; Structural Violence ; Hunger |