Wilfrid Laurier University
Master in International Public Policy (MIPP)
IP 632 Contemporary Issues in Human Security
Winter 2009
Dr. Yasmine Shamsie
Office: DAWB 4-103
Office Hours:
E-mail: yshamsie@wlu.ca
Phone: 884-0710 ext. 2937
Location of course: 4-106
Class: Tuesdays 9-12
I. Introduction
Over the course of the 1990s, the notion of human security, which is best understood as a
shift in perspective that puts people rather than states at the centre of international affairs, has
emerged as a powerful complement to conventional security. This course explores the concept of
human security, how it emerged, and the debates surrounding its conceptualization (broad versus
narrow). As we explore the notion, it is worth keeping in mind the words of R. Thakur on the
broader notion of security: “Security is an essentially contested concept because it is an
intellectual and cognitive construct, not an objective fact” (“The United Nations and Human
Security: Incoherent Concept or Policy Template” Public Lecture, Magee College, University of
Ulster, N. Ireland, 24 October, 2005).
Consideration of the theoretical debates surrounding the concept is followed by a focus
on policymaking as it relates to the two principal dimensions of human security: “freedom from
fear” and “freedom from what”. The former focuses on individuals in conflicts or under threat of
violence. Activities such as humanitarian intervention and the creation of international regimes to
alleviate this harm will be examined. The second dimension focuses on social, political, and
economic conditions that lead to or arise from both humanitarian emergencies and longer-tern
inequalities. We will address both these dimensions drawing from four areas: security studies,
development studies, non-traditional security threats (the environment), and human rights and
international regimes for protection of individuals and groups.
II. Course Requirements and Evaluation
Policy Brief-Simulation Exercise
Response Papers
Seminar Presentation
Participation
Research Paper
20%
6 X 5%= 30%
15%
10%
25 %
Readings:
We will use a number of books for this course, a course kit, and a good number of the readings
are available in e-journals that you may, of course, print out. I chose not to include journal
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articles available in e-form in the course kit since this would have made the kit very expensive.
Hence, the readings in the kit are book chapters. The required texts are available for purchase in
the book store, if you wish to purchase any of them.
Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World
Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002 (This book is
missing from the library system)
Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human Security.
Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate,
2006. (This book is on 1-hour reserve at the WLU library)
Thomas G. Weiss, Humanitarian Intervention Cambridge: Polity, 2007
David Roberts, Human Insecurity: Global Structures of Violence London: Zed
Books, 2008.
A course kit will be available at Kinkos.
The articles under “Recommended” are there to help you with further research, either for
your seminar presentations or your essay.
Response papers:
Each student must write a review of the articles assigned for the week in question. These short
papers should reflect on how the readings relate to one another. (Think about how they speak to
each other, for instance). The single-spaced 1000 words review should discuss the major themes
in the readings.
You must email me a copy of your response paper the night before the relevant class/session; it
will not be accepted after class. Each review is worth 5 percent of your total grade.
Simulation / Policy Brief:
One important aspect of the human security agenda is the protection of civilians, conflict
prevention, public safety, and peace operations. These are worthy objectives but the question that
often emerges among both theorists and practitioners is: how do you make a good idea work?
Keeping this question in mind, you will participate in a role-playing simulation related to conflict
management and prevention. The policy scenario and your role will be assigned in advance. You
should come to the simulation having researched your role and thought carefully about a plan of
action. During the simulation you and your classmates will play their assigned roles and interact
accordingly. You will receive a pass/fail grade for your preparation and participation in this inclass exercise. However, there will be a written component that you will submit one week
following the exercise.
Written Work: You will write a short paper that reflects thoughtfully on the simulation process as
it relates to the concept and policy goal of human security. Begin by exploring the notion of
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human security and identifying the human security challenges that mark this case study. The
second section of the paper should outline what you have learned about the project of advancing
human security in the real world. For instance, are there some actors that are better able to
advance human security on the policy terrain? If so, who are they and why? What are the
obstacles to achieving conflict prevention and management objectives? There is no “right
answer” here, what I am looking for are thoughtful reflections on the conflict prevention and
peacebuilding agenda AND some consideration of the theoretical issues we have examined thus
far.
Your paper should be short – no more than 6-8 pages, double spaced.
Seminar Presentation:
Students will be responsible for leading a well-prepared formal presentation of 20-25 minutes.
The presentation should show a careful reading of the articles assigned that week. It should
analyze the relevant material and highlight the principal analytical issues. You should
incorporate some of the “suggested” readings in your analysis, this will give your presentation
greater depth and breadth. You should also develop a set of questions to stimulate discussion
following your presentation.
Seminar Participation:
All students are expected to read the week’s required readings in depth, and be prepared to
discuss these in class. You are expected to participate vigorously in the class discussions. Your
mark in this area will reflect your participation and engagement with the readings and with fellow
classmates.
Research Paper:
The major essay should be chosen from the weekly seminar topics. Anyone wishing to write on a
topic of their own choosing must discuss the proposed topic with me beforehand; you should not
proceed with the paper until it has been approved. Your paper should consider a human security
problem, the global governance initiatives that have emerged in order to deal with this problem,
and whether the initiative(s) has been successful. What explains the success or failure of the
policies or programs developed? Write this paper as a research paper, with a clear argument. Do
not use subtitles. You are encouraged to speak with me as you proceed with the essay.
The paper will be due on Week 13, the final class.
Part of that last class will be devoted to discussions related to your papers. You should come
prepared to discuss your paper: tell us your research question, what you found, and if and how
you feel the human security problem you are examining can be addressed through international
public policy initiatives, if so what sorts of initiatives.
The essay should be around 15 double-spaced pages in length.
Academic Offences:
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NOTE: Academic dishonesty is a serious offence. It is defined by the Shorter Oxford Dictionary
as: “The taking and using of the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another.” If you have
questions regarding style, proper footnoting, bibliographical references, etc. see: Kate Turabian’s
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969) (or later
editions). For internet citations, consult Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane, Electronic Style: A Guide
to Citing Electronic Information (Westport: Mecklermedia, 1993). Note: All internet sources
must be fully documented in your notes and/or bibliography!! See as well:
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/
I. EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN SECURITY
January 6 – Introduction to Course
January 13 – Security in a Post Cold War Era
Ken Booth, “Critical Explorations” and Steve Smith “The Contested Concept of Security” in Ken
Booth (ed.) Critical Security Studies and World Politics, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005.
Mark Duffield and Nicholas Waddell, “Securing Humans in a Dangerous World”, International
Politics, 43, 2006, 1-23.
Emma Rothschild “What is Security” Daedalus, 1995, 124:3, 53-98
Sen, Amartya K. (2000). “Why Human Security?” Text of presentation at the “International
Symposium on Human Security” in Tokyo, 28 July, 2000. Available at:
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/activities/outreach/Sen2000.html
Recommended:
Commission of Human Security. “Chapter 8: Ways to Advance the Security of People” in Human
Security Now. The Responsibility to Protect, New York: Commission on Human
Security, 2003. Available at:
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/English/chapter8.pdf
Mark Duffield, “Chapter 5: Global Governance and Causes of Conflict” in Mark Duffield, Global
Governance and the New Wars. The Merging of Development and Security, London: Zed
Books, 2005.
United Nations Development Program 1994, Human Development Report: New Dimensions of
Human Security, New York: Oxford University Press. Available at :
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1994/en accessed September 2007.
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Commission on Global Governance, (1995) Our Global Neighbourhood: the Report of the
Commission on Global Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. See Chapter 3:
Promoting Security
The class will be divided into two groups in order to discuss these two seminar topics. Each
group will provide a summary of the readings as they relate to the topic for the other groups.
Please email the summary to your classmates the night before class.
There is the opportunity here for two students to fulfill the seminar presentation part of their
grade by presenting this week.
Jan 20 - Human Security: A Contested Concept
Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World Disorder. New
York: Oxford University Press. (Introduction and Chapter 1)
“What is Human Security? Comments by 21 Authors,” Security Dialogue (35) 3, 2004. See
pages 347-387. These are very short opinion pieces about the notion of human security.
They are quick reads, read as many as you can.
J. Ann Tickner, “Feminist Perspectives on Security in a Global Economy” in Caroline Thomas
and Peter Wilkins (eds.) Globalization Human Security and the African Experience,
Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 1999.
Ogata, Sadako (2001) “State Security – Human Security,” The Fdridtjof Nansen Memorial
Lecture, Tokyo, 12 December. Available at:
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Ogata+Sadako+State+Security+%E2%80%93+H
uman+Security&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
You can develop a good understanding of the two positions on human security in the political
science literature by scanning 2 key documents:
Andrew Mack (2005) The Human Security Report 2005: War and Peace in the
21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Available on line
at: http://www.humansecurityreport.info/
and
United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Human
Development Report 2005: International Cooperation at a Crossroads –
Aid,Trade and Security in an Unequal World (New York: UNDP, 2005)
Chapters 1 and 2 and 4. Available at:
http://www.sd.undp.org/HDR/HDR05e.pdf
Recommended:
Lloyd Axworthy, Navigating a New World: Canada’s Global Future. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf,
2003.
Paul Heinbecker, “Human Security - the Hard Edge”, Canadian Military Journal, Spring 2000,
Available at: http://www.heinbecker.ca/writing.html
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Sen, Amartya K. (2000). “Why Human Security?” Text of presentation at the “International
Symposium on Human Security” in Tokyo, 28 July, 2000. Available at:
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/activities/outreach/Sen2000.pdf
January 27 – Employing the Concept: Policy Implications
Hampson et al. “Chapter 2: The Many Meaning of Human Security” and “Chapter 3: Human
Security as a Global Public Good” in Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude:
Human Security and World Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Heinbecker, Paul. “The US, the UN and Human Security: Protecting People in a Unipolar
World.” Notes from a Keynote Address to the Annual General Meeting of the Academic
Council on the UN System, Geneva, Switzerland, July 1, 2004. Available at:
http://www.heinbecker.ca/Speeches/GenevaACUNSAGM.pdf
Paris, Roland. (2001) Human Security: Paradigm Shift or Hot Air? International Security. 26:2.
87-102
Taylor Owen, “Human Security – Conflict, Critique and Consensus: Colloquium Remarks and a
Proposal for a Threshold-Based Definition” Security Dialogue, Vol. 35, No. 3, September
2004, pp. 373-387.
Nicholas Thomas & William T. Tow, ‘The Utility of Human Security: Sovereignty and
Humanitarian Intervention’, Security Dialogue, vol. 33, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 177–192.
Response to Thomas and Tow: Alex Bellamy & Matt McDonald, “The Utility of Human
Security”: Which Humans? What Security? A Reply to Thomas & Tow’, Security
Dialogue, vol. 33, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 373–377.
Yuen Foong Khong, “Human Security and Global Governance: A Shotgun Approach to
Alleviating Human Misery?” Global Governance, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2001: 231-236
Recommended:
Sverre Lodgaard, ‘Human Security: Concept and Operationalization’, paper prepared for Expert
Seminar on Human Rights and Peace, Geneva, 8–9 December 2000; available at
http://www.hsph. harvard.edu/hpcr/events/hsworkshop/ lodgaard.pdf
Individuals First: A Human Security Strategy for the European Union
Marlies Glasius and Mary Kaldor, International Politik und Gesellschaft (IPG) 2005, pp.
62 - 84 http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/Publications/HumanSecurityIPG.pdf
Andrew Mack, ‘Report on the Feasibility of Creating an Annual Human Security Report’,
Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, February
2002, available at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hpcr/FeasibilityReport.pdf
II. RESPONSES TO HUMAN INSECURITY
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Part I. Reforming States: Promoting Human Rights, the Rule of Law
and the Safety of Peoples in Fragile/Failed states
February 3 - Human Rights and International Law
Hampson et al. “Chapter 4: Promoting Human Rights and the Rule of Law: The International
Criminal Court” in Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and
World Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Mary Caprioli, “Democracy and Human rights versus Women’s Security: A Contradiction?”
Security Dialogue, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 411-428.
Jean Grutel and Enrique Peruzzotti, “Claiming Rights under Global Governance: Children’s
Rights in Argentina, Global Governance, Vol. 13, No. 2, April-June 2007, pp. 199-216.
Antonio Franceschet, “Global Legalism and Human Security” in Sandra MacLean, David Black,
Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New
Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006
Recommended:
Harold Hongju Koh. “Why do Nations Obey International Law?” Yale Law Journal, 106:25992659
Emilie Hafner-Burton and K. Tsutsui. “Justice Lost! The Failure of International Human Rights
Law to Matter Where Needed Most” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 44 No. 4, 2007, pp.
407-425.
Oona A. Hathaway. “Do Human Rights Treaties Make a Difference? The Yale Law Review, Vol.
111, No. 8, June 2002.
Rob McRae and Don Hubert, Human Security and the New Diplomacy. Protecting People,
Promoting Peace. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001. Chapters 5-6
Kathryn Sikkink. Mixed Signals: US Human Rights Policy and Latin America. Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 2004.
Karma Nabulsi, “Evolving Conceptions of Civilians and Belligerents: One Hundred Years After
the Hague Peace Conferences” in Simon Chesterman (ed.) Civilians in War. Boulder:
Lynne Rienner and International Peace Academy, 2001
Neve Gordon, Strategic Violations: The Outsourcing of Human Rights Abuses” in Rhonda L.
Callaway & Julie Harrelson-Stephens (eds.) Exploring International Human Rights.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007.
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February 10 – Advancing the Security of People in Post-conflict Environments: Eliminating
Landmines
Hampson et al. “Chapter 5: Promoting the Safety of Peoples: Banning Anti-Personnel
Landmines” in Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and
World Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Brian McDonald, “The Global Landmine Crisis in the 1990s” in Richard Matthew et al. (eds.)
Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and Wars Hidden Legacy, New
York: State University of New Press, 2004.
Ted Gaulin, “A Necessary Evil?: Re-examining the Military Utility of Antipersonnel Landmines”
in Richard Matthew et al. (eds.) Landmines and Human Security: International Politics
and Wars Hidden Legacy, New York: State University of New Press, 2004.
Leah Fraser, “Evaluating the Impacts of the Ottawa Treaty” in Richard Matthew et al. (eds.)
Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and Wars Hidden Legacy, New
York: State University of New Press, 2004.
J. Marshall Beier and Ann Denholm Crosby, “Harnessing Change for Continuity: The Play of
Political and Economic Forces Behind the Ottawa Process, in M. Cameron, RJ Lawson
and B.W. Tomlin (eds.) To Walk Without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban
Landmines (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 269-291.
Recommended:
Rob McRae and Don Hubert, Human Security and the New Diplomacy. Protecting People,
Promoting Peace. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001. Chapter 2 by Mark
Gwozdecky and Jill Sinclair entitled: “Case Study: Landmines and Human Security”
On Small Arms: Hampson et al. “Chapter 6: Promoting the Safety of Peoples: Controlling Small
Arms” in Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World
Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
On Small Arms: Keith Krause. “Small Arms and Light Weapons: Towards Global Public Policy”
Working Paper, International Peace Academy, March 2007. Available at:
http://www.ipacademy.org/asset/file/154/CWC_Working_Paper_SMALL_ARMS_KK.p
df
Reading Week February 16 - 20
February 24 – A Broad Multi-Faceted Approach to Promoting Human Security:
Peacebuilding
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Michael Barnett et al. “Peacebuilding: What is in a Name?” Global Governance, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Jan-March 2007.
Charles T. Call and Elizabeth Cousens. “Ending Wars and Building Peace” Working Paper,
International Peace Academy, March 2007. Available at:
http://www.ipacademy.org/asset/file/151/CWC_Working_Paper_ENDING_WARS_CCE
C.pdf
Roland Paris, “International peacebuilding and the ‘mission civilisatrice’”
Review of International Studies (2002), 28, 637–656
Michael Pugh, “Normative Values and Economic Deficits in Post-Conflict Transformation,”
International Journal, Vol. LXII, No. 3, Summer 2007, pp. 479-494.
Oliver Richmond, “Emancipatory Forms of Human Security and Liberal Peacebuilding”
International Journal, Vol. LXII, No. 3, Summer 2007, pp. 459-478.
Robert Muggah and Keith Krause, “A True Measure of Success? The Discourse and Practice of
Human Security in Haiti” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of
Human Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate,
2006.
Michael Small, “Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Societies” in Rob McRae and Don Hubert (eds.)
Human Security and the New Diplomacy. Protecting People, Promoting Peace.
Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001, pp. 75-87
Recommended:
Beatrice Pouligny, Peace Operations Seen from Below. UN Missions and Local People,
Bloomfield: Kumarian Press, 2006. (Selected chapters)
Michael Pugh, “Post-war Economies and the New York Dissensus” Conflict, Security and
Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, October 2006.
Michael Pugh (ed.), Regeneration of War-Torn Societies, London: Macmillan, 2000.
Elizabeth Cousens, Chetan Kumar and Karin Wermester (eds.) Peacebuilding as Politics:
Cultivating Peace in Fragile Societies, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000.
See 3 peacebuilding case studies: Bosnia, Haiti and Guatemala in Rob McRae and Don Hubert
(eds.) Human Security and the New Diplomacy. Protecting People, Promoting Peace.
Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001.
Roland Paris. At War’s End. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Alina Rocha Menocal and Kate Kilpatrick, “Towards more Effective Peace Building: A
Conversation with Roland Paris” Development and Practice, Vol. 15, No. 6, November
2005.
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March 3 – Promoting Human Security Using Force: Humanitarian Intervention
The decision to take coercive (often military) action against a state in order to protect individuals
at risk inside that state or a neighbouring state is a hotly debated topic. Intervention for human
protection purposes involves a whole set of legal, moral, operational, and political questions that
will be explored in this seminar.
Thomas G. Weiss, Humanitarian Intervention Cambridge: Polity, 2007 (The book is not long and
a very quick read)
Gareth Evans, “Crimes Against Humanity: Overcoming indifference,” Journal of Genocide
Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, (September 2006 , 325-339
Hampson et al. “Chapter 7: Hard Power and Human Security: Eastern Zaire and Kosovo” in
Hampson et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World Disorder.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Rebecca J. Hamilton, The Responsibility to Protect: From Document to Doctrine—But What of
Implementation? Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol. 19, Spring 2006. Available at:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/iss19/hamilton.shtml#fn22
Ramesh Thakur, “In defence of the responsibility to protect,” International Journal of Human
Rights, Volume 7, No. 3 (Autumn 2003), 160-178
International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) The Responsibility to
Protect, IDRC Available on line at http://www.Iciss.ca/report-en-asp (passim)
Recommended:
Ramesh Thakur, “Outlook: Intervention, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect:
Experiences from ICISS,” Security Dialogue, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2002), 323-340
Stanley Hoffmann, `The Debate about Intervention', in Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson
& Pamela Aall, eds, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International
Conflict (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001), pp. 273-283.
Commission of Human Security. Human Security Now. The Responsibility to Protect, New York,
2003. Outline of the Report: http://www.humansecuritychs.org/finalreport/Outlines/outline.pdf Entire Report: http://www.humansecuritychs.org/finalreport/English/FinalReport.pdf
Bruce W. Jentleson, “Yet Again. Humanitarian Intervention and the Challenges of ‘Never Again’
in Chester A. Crocker et al. (eds.) Leashing the Dogs of War. Conflict Management in a
Divided World. Washington DC.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007.
Nicholas J. Wheeler. Review Article - Humanitarian Intervention After Kosovo: Emergent Norm,
Moral Duty or the Coming Anarchy. International Affairs, 77, 1 , January 2001 . 13-128
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Political Science scholars have different positions on whether humanitarian intervention is indeed
legitimate. Within the international relations literature, Realists and Pluralists (Liberals) believe
the practice weakens international order. Solidarists and Cosmopolitanists on the other hand
believe intervention is a moral obligation based on our membership in humankind. See Michael
Smith 1999, “Humanitarian Intervention: An Overview of the Ethical Issues”, Ethics and
International Affairs: A Reader ed. Joel H. Rosenthal, Georgetown University Press, Washington
DC. See also, Oliver Ramsbotham “Humanitarian Intervention 1990-1995: A Need to
Reconceptualize?” Review of International Studies 23, 445-68
Part II. Reforming Markets: Promoting Redistribution of Wealth and Income and
Changing Governance Structures in the International Political Economy
March 10 - Freedom from Want: Addressing Poverty -- A Root Cause of Conflict
This week we will explore the global strategies that have been developed to address poverty and
how global economic forces/institutions/structures affect (positively and negatively) the ability of
international institutions and other actors on the global stage to address social and economic
deprivation.
David Roberts, Human Insecurity: Global Structures of Violence, London: Zed Books, 2008.
Hampson et al. “Chapter 8: Human Security and the Global Development Agenda” in Hampson
et al. (2002) Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World Disorder. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2002.
United Nations Development Programme, 2005. United Nations Human
Development Report 2005: International Cooperation at a Crossroads – Aid,
Trade and Security in an Unequal World (New York: UNDP, 2005) Chapters 1 and 2 and
4. Available at: http://www.sd.undp.org/HDR/HDR05e.pdf
Jorge Nef, Human Security and Mutual Vulnerability. The Global Political Economy of
Development and Underdevelopment, Second Edition, Ottawa: IDRC, 1999, Chapter 3
Caroline Thomas, “Global Governance and Human Security” in Rorden Wilkinson and Steve
Hughes (eds.) Global Governance. Critical Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2002,
pp. 113-131
On Food Insecurity see: Marc J. Cohen. “Food Security: Vulnerability despite Abundance”
Working Paper, International Peace Academy, July 2007, available at:
http://www.ipacademy.org/asset/file/192/mgs-fsec.pdf
Recommended:
King, Gary and Christopher Murray. (2000) “Rethinking Human Security.” Political Science
Quarterly, Vol. 116, No. 4, 2001-2 (See: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/hs.pdf )
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Ravi Kanbur. “Poverty and Conflict: The Inequality Link” Working Paper. International Peace
Academy, June 2007. Available at: http://www.ipacademy.org/asset/file/189/mgspovr.pdf
United Nations Development Program 1994, Human Development Report, New York: Oxford
University Press.
Robert McCorquodale and Richard Fairbrother, “Globalization and Human Rights” in Rhonda L.
Callaway & Julie Harrelson-Stephens (eds.) Exploring International Human Rights.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007.
Peter Wilkins, “Human Security and Class in a Global Economy”, Caroline Thomas and Peter
Wilkins (eds.) Globalization Human Security and the African Experience, Boulder:
Lynne Reinner, 1999.
Thomas, Caroline (2000) Global Governance, Development, and Human Security the Challenge
of Poverty and Inequality, London and Sterling: Pluto Press, Chapters 4 and 5: “The
Reform of National Economies” and “Liberalisation of Trade, Finance and Investment”
Michel Chossudovsky, “Human Security and Economic Genocide in Rwanda” in Caroline
Thomas and Peter Wilkins (eds.) Globalization Human Security and the African
Experience, Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 1999.
Heloise Weber, “Global Governance and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Microcredit” in Rorden
Wilkinson and Steve Hughes (eds.) Global Governance. Critical Perspectives. New
York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 132-151
March 17 -- Simulation Exercise – Conflict Prevention -- Hand in Position Policy Paper
March 24 -- Health and the Environment
Health
Commission on Human Security. Human Security Now: Protecting and Empowering People,
New York: Commission on Human Security, 2003. See Chapter 6: Better Health for
Human Security. Available on line at www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/index.html
Colleen O’Manique, “The ‘Securitisation’ of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical
Feminist Lens” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human
Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Margaret E. Kruk. “Global Public Health and Biosecurity: Managing Twenty-first Century Risks”
Working Paper, International Peace Academy, July 2007. Available at:
http://www.ipacademy.org/asset/file/187/mgs-pbio.pdf
Jennifer Prah Ruger, “Changing Role of the World Bank in Global Health” American Journal of
Public Health, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2005:60-70. Available at:
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/95/7/1091 and See as well: A response to Ruger’s
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arguments see: Anne-Emmanuel Birn and Lkaudia Dmitrienko, American Journal of
Public Health, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2005: 1091-1092. Available at:
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/95/7/1091
Recommended:
Rebecca Tiessen, “A Silent Killer: HIV/AIDS Metaphors and Human (In)Security in Southern
Africa” in in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human
Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate,
2006.
Laurie Garrett, “The Challenge of Global Health,” Foreign Affairs, January- February issue.
Paul Farmer, “On Suffering and Structural Violence. Social and Economic rights in the Global
Era” in Pathologies of Power. Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor,
Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 213-246
Environment:
Jorge Nef, Human Security and Mutual Vulnerability. The Global Political Economy of
Development and Underdevelopment, Second Edition, Ottawa: IDRC, 1999, Chapter 2
Simon Dalby, “Environmental Security: Ecology or International Relations?” Eric Laferriere and
Peter Stoett (eds.) International Ecopolitical Theory: Critical Approaches, Vancouver:
UBC Press, 2006.
Lorraine Elliott, “Global Environment Governance” in Rorden Wilkinson and Steve Hughes
(eds.) Global Governance. Critical Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 57-74
Chris Cocklini and Meg Keen, “Urbanization in the Pacific: environmental change, vulnerability
and human security” Environmental Conservation 27 (4): 392–403, 2000
Hans Gunter Brauch, Environment and Human Security: Towards Freedom from Hazard Impacts,
United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security, No.2/2005, 20
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/file.php?id=64
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Human Development Report 2006, Beyond
Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis, 2006. (Read Overview available at:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_2006_overview.pdf
March 31 - Canada and Human Security
Elizabeth Blackwood, “Human Security and Corporate Governance: A Critical Assessment of
Canada’s Human Security Agenda” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A
Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire:
Ashgate, 2006.
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Paul Heinbecker, “Human Security” Behind the Headlines, 1999, Volume 56(2): pages 4-9.
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Lloyd Axworthy, “Human Security and Global Governance: Putting People First,”
Global Governance, Vol. 7, 2001, 19-23
David R. Black, “Mapping the Interplay of Human Security Practice and Debates: The Canadian
Experience” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human
Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Heather Smith, “Diminishing Human Security: The Canadian Case” in Sandra MacLean, David
Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New
Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Grayson, Kyle. Branding “Transformation' in Canadian Foreign Policy: Human Security”.
Canadian Foreign Policy 2004, 11(2), 41-68.
Recommended:
David S. McDonough “The Paradox of Afghanistan” International Journal, LXII, No. 3, Summer
2007, pp. 620-641
Greg Donaghy, “All God’s Children: Lloyd Axworthy, Human Security and Canadian Foreign
Policy, 1996-2000,” Canadian Foreign Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Winter 2003), 39-56.
Scott Pearce “Tackling Corporate Complicity: Canadian Oil Investment in Colombia” in Liisa
North et al. (eds.) Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility. Canadian Mining
and Oil Companies in Latin America. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2006.
George MacLean, “Human Security in the National Interest? Canada, POGG and the New
Multilateralism” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human
Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Howard Adelman, “Humanitarian Intervention in Zaire: A Case Study of Humanitarian
Intervention” in Rosalind Irwin (ed.) Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy,
Vancouver: UBC Press, 2001. (Very Good on Canada’s Role)
W. Andy Knight, “Moral Suasion, and Establishing the International Criminal Court: Canadian
Contributions” in Rosalind Irwin (ed.) Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy,
Vancouver: UBC Press, 2001.
April 7 - Where do we go from here? Wrap up and Discussion of Papers
David Roberts. “Human Security or Human Insecurity? Moving the Debate Forward” Security
Dialogue 37:2, pp. 249-261.
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Ian Smillie, “Whose Security? Innovation and Responsibility, Perception and Reality” in Sandra
MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human Security. Global
Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Pamela Scholey, “Peacebuilding Research and North-South Research Relationships: Perspectives,
Opportunities and Challenges” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A
Decade of Human Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire:
Ashgate, 2006.
Catherine Schittecatte, “Toward a More Inclusive Global Governance and Enhanced Human
Security” in Sandra MacLean, David Black, Timothy Shaw, A Decade of Human
Security. Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2006.
Recommended:
J. Ann Tickner, “Feminist Perspectives on Security in a Global Economy” in Caroline Thomas
and Peter Wilkins (eds.) Globalization Human Security and the African Experience,
Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 1999. (Review from Week of January 16)
Paul Farmer, “Rethinking Health and Human Rights,” Pathologies of Power. Health, Human
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Thakur, Ramesh, 2004. ‘A Political Worldview’, Security Dialogue 35(3): 347–348.
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