Human security 2104-GPIR-D4HSGS
Topics
1. Human security - introduction
2. History of the concept of human security
4. Human security – key assumptions and problems
5. Elements of human security – 'freedom from fear' and 'freedom from want'
6. Human Security in states’ foreign policy: Japan. From the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
7. Human Security in states’ foreign policy: Canada, Norway. Human Security vs Responsibility to Protect;
8. How to promote human security? Human security and public diplomacy
Course coordinators
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student will possess:
KNOWLEDGE
1. Defines the human security concept (K_W01)
2. Knows the main assumptions of human security (K_W04, K_W05)
3. Explains regional approaches to human security (K_W01)
SKILLS
1. Analyses the key problems of human security (K_U01, K_U03)
2. Evaluates the use of the human security concept by international organizations (K_U02)
COMPETENCES
1. Is aware of the importance of promotion of human security (K_K02)
2. Is aware of the impact of human security on the contemporary states’ policies (K_K01)
Assessment criteria
attendance (preliminary condition. Student must be present at least in 60% of classes, absences should be justified; accepted 2 absences without justification)
active in-class participation 10%
presentation 30%
test 60%
OR
active in-class participation 10%
test 90%
The scale of grading:
55 % and more : 3 (passing/satisfactory)
65 % and more: 3+
75 %and more: 4 (good)
85 % and more: 4+
91 % and more: 5 (very good)
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Reading materials will be available through COME platform .
Required reading:
1. R. Paris, Human Security. Paradigm Shift or Hot Air?, „International Security” Fall 2001, vol. 26, no 2, http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Paris.2001.IS.Human%20Security.pdf
2. Human Development Report 1994 on Human Security, available at: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/255/hdr_1994_en_complete_nostats.pdf
3. Human Security Now, Report of the Commission on Human Security, New York 2003, available at: http://www.un.org/humansecurity/sites/www.un.org.humansecurity/files/chs_final_report_-_english.pdf
4. G. King, Ch. Murray, Rethinking Human Security, „Political Science Quarterly”, 2001-02, vol. 116, no. 4, https://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/hs.pdf
5. S. Alkire, A Conceptual Framework for Human Security, CRISE Working Paper 2, Oxford 2003, http://www3.qeh.ox.ac.uk/pdf/crisewps/workingpaper2.pdf
6. The Responsibility to Protect, Report of the Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, Ottawa 2001, available at: http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/ICISS%20Report.pdf
7. A. Amouyel, What is Human Security?, Revue de Sécurité Humaine / Human Security Journal - Issue 1 - April 2006,
Other reading (suggested):
6. Human Development Report 1994 on Human Security;
7. M. den Boer, J. de Wilde (eds.), The Vialibity of Human Security, Amsterdam 2008;
8. S. J. MacLean et al. (eds.), A Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralism, Ashgate 2006;
9. Responsibility to Protect, Report of the International Commission on Implementing the Responsibility to Protect, Report of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, UN Doc. A/63/677, 2009;
10. Clarifying the Third Pillar of the Responsibility to Protect: Timely and Decisive Response, Report of the UN Secretary – General, Ban Ki-Moon, http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/Clarifying%20the%20Third%20Pillar%20of%20the%20Responsibility%20to%20Protect_Timely%20and%20Decisive%20Response(1).pdf.
11. L. Axworthy, A. Rock, R2P: a New and Unfinished Agenda, „Global Responsibility to Protect” 2009, no. 1.