POL312Y1 Lecture Notes - Human Security
Document Summary
The buzz phrase we hear about the security is who it is concerned with and for who. It is an expansion of and concerned about. In the western world, it is now irrelevant with the soviet. The broadening expands the insecurity we face includes economic, cultural, environmental, etc. We risk missing security for substantial portion of people that live in canada. It is linked to human security framework - issue of isolation as well as was understood that it threatened everyone on planet environmentally. There was distinction drawn between narrow and broad human security. The narrow approach can be understood as deep not broad: it insisted on retaining violent threats to violence and well- being. Axworthy leadership on high profile hs policies: ottawa convention - successful over the objection of the us and to the surprise of many, icc - to prosecute war crimes or genocide.
