Is human security better than an essay on state-oriented security politics
The concept of human security has been presented as a more comprehensive, analytical, humane and reform-oriented approach than traditional views of state security. But many commentators. The concept of human security should therefore be viewed with great skepticism. For its proponents, it represents a new, broad, emancipatory lens through which to view security—a post-Cold War lens that focuses attention where it is needed most. The individual, and not the state, is the referent. States are the guarantors. This essay will argue, first by addressing and critiquing neorealism, and then by using case studies and drawing on other theoretical perspectives, that neorealist approaches do not most effectively address security issues in IR. Kenneth Waltz 1979, p.102 stated that “the state among states conducts its affairs in the shadow of violence. In the security domain, there has been a similar shift from state-centric to non-state perspectives. The human security paradigm thus suggests that international security, traditionally defined with its territorial emphasis, does not necessarily correlate with the concept of security for the individuals who constitute the state. the Philippine context. National security in the Philippines was redefined after People Power as “security of the people” rather than security of the state during the efforts to reconcile the positions of the military and civilian agencies Atienza et al. 2010, 34. According. he, 'T. The concept of 'security' can be defined as the absence of threat to basic human values, including the most basic human value, the physical safety of the individual. Rooted in the human security paradigm, which holds that the individual should be the primary referent of security rather than the state, Campbell's Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity provokes a compelling examination of the nature of identity, where the main focus is on how difference, danger, and the next section will demonstrate the value of a gender perspective, and how it can be used to redefine the state, a threat and the concept of 'international security'. The “state-centric” nature of security studies is an issue often discussed in Hudson's gender debates, 2005: 156.