Human Security: A Shotgun Approach to Alleviating Human Misery?

Khong, Yuen Foong

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“…26 This author's ongoing research includes observations from a larger number of cases, though this work is in process and not currently ready for publication.27 The human security debate is ongoing, and there are important conceptual problems that are yet to be resolved and cannot be addressed in this paper. See for example,Newman (2001),Khong (2001),Suhrke (1999), and other authors referenced in this article.at HOWARD UNIV UNDERGRAD LIBRARY on February 20, 2015 sdi.sagepub.com Downloaded from…”

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Girl Soldiers: Human Security and Gendered Insecurity

Fox

2004

Security Dialogue

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The aim of this article is to make a preliminary attempt to explore the extent to which the subject of girl soldiers might fit into discussions of security. The empirical study of girl soldiers falls within the larger issue of child soldiers, which has received wide exposure in recent years, though there have been few attempts to conceptualize or attach theory to it. This is even more so in regard to girl soldiers, who until recently were barely acknowledged or noticed, though they arecurrently estimated to comprise somewhere between one-tenth and one-third of all child soldiers. Gender and security literature has also tended to overlook girl soldiers, and there are limitations on applying gender theory to the plight of recruited girls. Although the subjectof girl soldiers is difficult to locate within traditional state-military security or social security discussions, it appears to fall squarelywithin the human security approach. In spite of the weaknesses ofthe human security concept, its strengths create a security space in which the gendered insecurities of girl soldiers can be recognized and addressed.

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Girl Soldiers: Human Security and Gendered Insecurity

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2004

Security Dialogue

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“…Este resquício é bem configurado no aspecto em que, na visão da maioria dos policiais no Brasil, entende-se como marginal ou meliante aquele indivíduo pobre e que reside numa favela. Segundo Khong (2001), o conceito de segurança pública moderna traz para a agenda do estado a implementação dos direitos humanos e os problemas de desenvolvimento como pontos prioritários para a segurança.…”

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Segurança pública e desenvolvimento local: Experiências do Brasil, Colômbia e Japão

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2016

R. Bras. Planej. Desenvolv.

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Uma sociedade para prosperar necessita sentir-se segura em todo o conceito do termo. Certamente, este entendimento passa pela preservação da segurança física e patrimonial. Objetivo deste artigo é relacionar segurança pública com aspectos do desenvolvimento local. A pesquisa pretende discutir uma nova visão de segurança pública que, em certo grau de influência, pode colaborar para o desenvolvimento econômico de uma localidade, de uma região ou até de um país. Em termos metodológicos, a pesquisa utiliza da técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica, com uma análise qualitativa do problema. Como principais resultados a pesquisa aponta para a necessidade da concepção de segurança pública apropriada a um Estado democrático, e que contemple as seguranças econômicas, sociais e culturais; utilizando o mínimo de força possível e o máximo de ampliação das oportunidades e direitos sociais.

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“…Even if acknowledged as theoretically important, the idea is also still regarded as difficult to measure with the rigour and precision necessary for empirical research, for monitoring risks and for guiding strategic policy priorities. Critics suggest that the abstract concept of ‘human security’ is so conceptually ambiguous, normatively laden and all‐encompassing that it is difficult to measure with any validity, reducing its practical utility for scholars and policy makers (Khong 2001). Insufficient efforts have been made to operationalize the term (Glasius 2008).…”

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“…Proponents contend that this reconceptualization dissolves conventional disciplinary boundaries and existing paradigms so that the links between multiple risks and threats are better understood in an increasingly complex and globalized world (Tadjbakhsh & Chenoy 2007, Chapter 3; Thomas & Tow 2002; Burger 2004). In response, traditionalists argue that ‘human security’ is a muddled, value‐laden and confusing catch‐all notion, where a mélange of diverse challenges are ‘securitized’, without providing any additional analytical leverage for scholars or practical utility for policy analysts (Paris 2001; Khong 2001; Buzan 2004). The conventional conception of ‘security’, traditionalists suggest, emphasizing the role of the state in defending national interests against external threats, provides a sharper focus.…”

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Understanding Human Security

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Norris

2012

Scand Pol Stud

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Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from poverty to environmental concerns rather than just national defence. Security scholars, backed by international organizations and a growing number of national governments, have developed the concept of 'human security', focusing on the welfare of ordinary people against a broad range of threats. This has aroused vigorous debate. The first part of this article proposes an analytical model of human security. The second part argues that it is important to measure how ordinary people perceive risks, moving beyond state-centric notions of human security. New evidence is examined that draws upon survey items specially designed to monitor perceptions of human security, included for the first time in the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (WVS), with fieldwork conducted in 2010-12. The third part demonstrates that people distinguish three dimensions -national, community and personal security -and then explores some structural determinants driving these perceptions. The fourth part discusses why perceptions of human security matter, particularly for explaining cultural values and value change around the world. The conclusion argues that the shift from a narrow focus on military security toward the broader concept of human security is a natural response to the changing challenges facing developed societies, in which the cost-benefit ratio concerning war has become negative and cultural changes have made war less acceptable. In this setting, valid measures of perceptions of human security have become essential, both to understand the determinants of the concept among ordinary people and to analyze their consequences.

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Human Security: A Shotgun Approach to Alleviating Human Misery?

Cited by 49 publications

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Girl Soldiers: Human Security and Gendered Insecurity

Girl Soldiers: Human Security and Gendered Insecurity

Segurança pública e desenvolvimento local: Experiências do Brasil, Colômbia e Japão

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Understanding Human Security

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