human security

is about 'removing the use of, or threat of, force and violence from people's everyday lives.

human security is about 'removing the use of, or threat of, force and violence from people's everyday lives' (Krause 2007: 4).

is concerned with the level of the individual and community rather than the state, and is concerned not just with protecting people, but also with empowering them.

According to the UN Human Commission on Human Security (CHS) in its report, Human Security Now (2003: 4), human security is critical of state security in four respects:1 Its concern is the individual and the community rather than the state.2 Menaces to people's security include threats to the state and conditions that have notalways been classified as threats to state security.3 The range of actors is expanded beyond the state alone.4 Achieving human security includes not just protecting people but empowering people tofend for themselves.

is nothing more than the glue binding 'middle power' states, development agencies and ngos, seeking to shift attention toward security issues that have traditionally fallen under the rubric of international development.

human security is nothing more than 'the glue that holds together a jumbled coalition of 'middle power' states, development agencies and NGOs, all of which seek to shift attention and resources away from conventional security issues and toward goals that have traditionally fallen under the rubric of international development.' (Paris (2001: 88))

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human security