Human security 2104-GPIR-D4HSGS
Topics to be discussed (may cover more than 1 class):
1 Human security - introduction
2 History of the concept of human security
4. Human security - key assumptions and problems
5. Components of human security - “freedom from fear” and “freedom from want”
6. Human security in global perspective: From the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
7. Human security in the foreign policy of countries: Japan.
8. Human security in the foreign policy of states: Canada, Norway. Human security versus the responsibility to protect;
9. Human Security and European Union.
10. How to promote human security? Human security and public diplomacy
11. Challenges and the prospects of human security
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student will possess:
KNOWLEDGE
1. Defines the human security concept (K_W01)
2. Knows the main assumptions of human security (K_W04, K_W05)
3. Explains regional approaches to human security (K_W01)
SKILLS
1. Analyses the key problems of human security (K_U01, K_U03)
2. Evaluates the use of the human security concept by international organizations (K_U02)
COMPETENCES
1. Is aware of the importance of promotion of human security (K_K02)
2. Is aware of the impact of human security on the contemporary states’ policies (K_K01)
Assessment criteria
T/Proj/Other
attendance (preliminary condition. Student must be present at least in 60% of classes, absences should be justified; accepted 2 absences without justification)
active in-class participation 10%
presentation 30%
test 60%
OR
active in-class participation 10%
test 90%
The scale of grading:
55 % and more : 3 (passing/satisfactory)
65 % and more: 3+
75 %and more: 4 (good)
85 % and more: 4+
91 % and more: 5 (very good)
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Required reading:
1. R. Paris, Human Security. Paradigm Shift or Hot Air?, „International Security” Fall 2001, vol. 26, no 2, http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Paris.2001.IS.Human%20Security.pdf
2. Human Development Report 1994 on Human Security, available at: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/255/hdr_1994_en_complete_nostats.pdf
3. Human Security Now, Report of the Commission on Human Security, New York 2003, available at: http://www.un.org/humansecurity/sites/www.un.org.humansecurity/files/chs_final_report_-_english.pdf
4. G. King, Ch. Murray, Rethinking Human Security, „Political Science Quarterly”, 2001-02, vol. 116, no. 4, https://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/hs.pdf
5. S. Alkire, A Conceptual Framework for Human Security, CRISE Working Paper 2, Oxford 2003, http://www3.qeh.ox.ac.uk/pdf/crisewps/workingpaper2.pdf
6. The Responsibility to Protect, Report of the Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, Ottawa 2001, available at: http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/ICISS%20Report.pdf
7. A. Amouyel, What is Human Security?, Revue de Sécurité Humaine / Human Security Journal - Issue 1 - April 2006,
Other reading (suggested):
6. Human Development Report 1994 on Human Security;
7. M. den Boer, J. de Wilde (eds.), The Vialibity of Human Security, Amsterdam 2008;
8. S. J. MacLean et al. (eds.), A Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralism, Ashgate 2006;
9. Responsibility to Protect, Report of the International Commission on Implementing the Responsibility to Protect, Report of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, UN Doc. A/63/677, 2009;
10. Clarifying the Third Pillar of the Responsibility to Protect: Timely and Decisive Response, Report of the UN Secretary – General, Ban Ki-Moon, http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/Clarifying%20the%20Third%20Pillar%20of%20the%20Responsibility%20to%20Protect_Timely%20and%20Decisive%20Response(1).pdf.
11. L. Axworthy, A. Rock, R2P: a New and Unfinished Agenda, „Global Responsibility to Protect” 2009, no. 1.
Additional information
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