POL 4170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Human Security, Global Peace Index, Paternalism
27 Jul 2018
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"securitization: convey concern over the reorientation of foreign aid, broader, economic, military foreign policy interests. If the point at which a state is no longer deemed to be fragile is: when it is able to handle its own affairs in a sustainable way, w/o major financial or non-financial intervention. The(cid:374) (cid:449)e ca(cid:374) see the (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e i(cid:373)pacts of aid do(cid:374)ors goi(cid:374)g arou(cid:374)d the stat (cid:894)creati(cid:374)g parallel syste(cid:373)s(cid:895). A lot of evidence from those who have worked in conflict areas that populations that have simply been given humanitarian aid over long periods of time simply want to be asked what they want. I(cid:374)creased rece(cid:374)t focus o(cid:374) co(cid:374)flict a(cid:374)d security (cid:449)/i(cid:374) the d(cid:448)(cid:373)t age(cid:374)da . But arguably less emphasis w/in that focus on avg. citizens and more on donors" interests and the sanctity and viability of the state. Oxfam: since 2002, 1/3 of all oda to the world"s 48 fragile states has gone to iraq, afghanistan, and.
