WorPol 10-23 Insecurity - Does Hunger Lead to insecurity • Yes if in terms of human security • No in terms of traditional state security Human

Representations • Representations of both types of security issues but the emphasis remains on traditional, military security (Rambo) or personal issues (Pearl Harbor) • Representations (films) reproduce power relations with richer, more powerful actors able……. Insecurity (Human Security) • What are security issues? o Iran-russia; spread of nuclear weapons; small arms proliferation; jobs; access to natural resources; human trafficking; terrorism; bioterrorism; illegal immigration; China; Darfur; Israel-Palestine • Why are they security issues? o Traditional (state-based; military responses) o Human (focus on everyday lives of people) Contradiction • Over 840 million people throughout the world are malnourished • 799 mil are in the developing world • 6mil children below 5yo starve every year • there’s a global obesity epidemic

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Unformatted text preview: Does Hunger Lead to insecurity? • Yes: if in terms of human security • No: in terms of traditional state security Human Security • Based on the claim that “a feeling of insecurity arises more from worries about daily life than from the dread of a cataclysmic world event” (UN 1994: 22) • 4 characteristics o universal concern o interdependent o …. o …. • Safety from chronic threats such as hunger, disease and repression (UN 1994: 23) • Protection from sudden and hurtful disruptions in patterns of daily life (UN 1994: 23) Levels of Human Security • Global: poverty, terrorism, AIDS, environment • But, the focus remains on people Threats to Human Security • Economic • Food • Health • Environmental • Personal • Community • Political...
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