POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Security, Global Sources, Buzzword
19 Feb 2016
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Examples of categories of actors: can be positive or negative just like the issue itself. Examples of specific actors within each category. Global issues broadly, security, and economy: security: traditional state security, protection from invasion, conflict; rights; broader definition humans/civilians well-being. Canada first nation"s people have argument against their security in canadian apparatus; against native way of life: economic: environment. More narrowly, global security, military power, human rights, human security, trade, finance, poverty, development, environment. Compression of space & time: greater range of impact of decisions. The globalization of production means that countries" comparative strengths are emphasized and things are produced more efficiently and at a lower price for the consumer. Levels of analysis: individual, domestic/national, systemic, global. There is no single universal historical narrative. It is shaped by the interests of the. Non-material things (ideas, symbols, identities) are also sources of power.
