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New Perspectives on Human Security (Hardcover)
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New Perspectives on Human Security (Hardcover)
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This book is testimony to the emergent nature of human security as
an idea, as a useful construct and as an operational strategy. The
aim is to showcase new directions that may enrich the human
security agenda. Some human security discourse is still rooted in
the traditional language of the aid-agency/UN development/economic
growth models, often hostile to the corporate and business sector,
and sometimes negligent of sustainability and climate change
issues. Another limited and outmoded approach is an exaggerated
focus on Western interventions, especially military ones, as a
"solution" to problems in poor or conflict-prone areas. "Human
Security" was introduced as a construct by the UNDP in 1994. The
inherent combination of law-enforcement and people-centred
humanitarianism has strived to provide an umbrella to both protect
people from threats while empowering them to control their
destinies. But with accelerating economic globalization and
information flows there is a need to revisit the concept. A new
paradigm of Sustainable Human Security is required. This book
argues that proponents of a human security approach should welcome
efforts to remove the barriers between enterprise, corporations,
aid and development agencies, government agencies, citizen groups
and the UN; and work towards multi-stakeholder approaches and
solutions for vulnerable populations. Such an approach is clearly
vital in responding to the imperatives of concerted action on
issues such as climate change, HIV, terrorism, organised crime and
poverty. The agenda may have changed, but it remains true that
almost all human tragedies are avoidable. This book examines a
number of global problems through the lens of human security and
the needs of the individual: global governance; health; the
environment and the exploitation of natural resources; peace and
reconciliation; the responsibility to protect; and economic
development and prosperity. In the latter case, the role of
business in the human security pantheon is promulgated. There are
many reasons why businesses may want to engage with the needs of
vulnerable populations - not least the fact that companies cannot
function without secure trading environments. In addition, there
are growing demands for corporate responsibility and citizenship
from markets, customers, shareholders, employees and, critically,
communities. This book throws new light on the human security
agenda. It will be essential reading for anyone involved in the
debates on human security as well as for practitioners and scholars
in international affairs, global governance, peace studies, climate
change and the environment, healthcare, responsibility to protect
and corporate responsibility.
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