Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Global Governance, Security Studies, Human Security
18 Apr 2013
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Security of a states: thus security is most frequently conceptualized as the security of a state from external threats to its territorial integrity, political independence, general way of life. However, this rather restrictive view of security has been challenged in recent decades: theoretical schools that do not accept a state-centric interpretation of global politics, changes in the structure of the international system itself. As a result, it includes a range of threats that are: non-state centric, military in nature, e. g. Actors and forces other than state: certain ideologies, individuals, groups, socioeconomic conditions within or across state boundaries. State will go to war and threaten the security of individuals or groups: use of police force, discriminatory legislation, economic policies. Constructivist: securitization theory, emphasizing that security is not an objective term, constructed through social processes. Period of armed hostilities: within or between states, other collectives ethnic groups political factions. John keegan: collective killing for a collective purpose.
