2015
Human Security Thinking in Practice - ’Personal Security’, ‘Citizen Security’ and Comprehensive Mappings.
Publication
Publication
Contemporary Politics , Volume 21 - Issue 1 p. 100- 116
Abstract
The paper describes the introduction of an emphasis on ‘personal security’ in human security thinking and practice, as part of the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to compartmentalize the pursuit of security. It reviews the past twenty years of attention to ‘personal security’: both in compartments that consider organized physical violence or threats to personal safety and property (‘citizen security’), and as parts of more wide-ranging examination of threats to fulfilment of basic needs and rights, for example in comprehensive mapping exercises undertaken in various UNDP Regional and National Human Development Reports or in studies of women’s security. The paper reflects on the complex process of opening-up conventional security thinking and practice, seeking value-added and depth without shrinking into preconceived compartments.
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Organisation | International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS) |
Gasper, D., & Gómez, O. (2015). Human Security Thinking in Practice - ’Personal Security’, ‘Citizen Security’ and Comprehensive Mappings. Contemporary Politics, 21(1), 100–116. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77458 |