Introduction to Human Security

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In contrast to traditional state-centered models of security, human security focuses on the individual and his/her multifaceted security needs. This course provides an overview of the emerging Human Security paradigm, including the development of the concept and the difficulties of both defining and measuring human security. Each of the component parts of human security, such as economic vulnerability and food vulnerability, and the challenges to alleviate them, are explored more deeply through case studies. Low levels of human security are often associated with high levels of instability and conflict. This course will address the debate within the international community on the actions that more powerful states should take to address human security deficits in places with little government capacity.