CRM 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Al-Qaeda, Human Security
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The term human security tried to find the threats to individuals and solve them but it was widely unsuccessful. But now more in depth alternative ways to conceptualize human security : 3 main themes within security discourse that pointed to why the concept was unsuccessful at un level. Confusion between human security/development = number one. In his opinion, lack of clear differentiation was the principle ambiguity in all un treatment of human security. 1994 new dimension of security report was some attempt to distinguish between the two. Development = choices, and security is how you exercise the(cid:373) safely that is o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ay to distinguish. Both development as a concept and human security as a concept take long-term views on human fulfilment. Differences: 1. strictly delimited nature of human security. Human development is not delimited in such a matter it includes wider concerns that are not basic.