Human Insecurity

See: Human Security Model, Human Physical Insecurity, Human Emotional Insecurity.

References

(Ziadni et al., 2011) ⇒ Maisa Ziadni, Weeam Hammoudeh, Niveen ME Abu Rmeileh, Dennis Hogan, Harry Shannon, and Rita Giacaman. (2011). “Sources of Human Insecurity in Post-war Situations: The Case of Gaza.” Journal of human security 7, no. 3
- ABSTRACT: This paper explores classical and war-related factors associated with human insecurity reports in the Gaza Strip following the winter 2008-09 Israeli attack. A cross-sectional survey was conducted six months after the Israeli attack with adults from 3017 households. Results demonstrate that persons with greater human capital and socioeconomic resources were somewhat protected from human insecurity associated with the attack and siege. Results also underscore the significance of including both classical and war-related factors in assessing human insecurity in conflict, and the link between individual and communal/national security. While it is important to intervene by supporting Gazans with food and aid, interventions should also address the violence of war and ongoing siege as one of the causes of human insecurity.

(Roberts, 2013) ⇒ David Roberts. (2013). “Human Insecurity: Global structures of violence." Zed Books Ltd., 2013.
- BOOK OVERVIEW: Human Insecurity is concerned with our refusal to confront the millions of avoidable deaths of women and children each year. Those missing millions are rarely the subject of conventional security studies, yet such avoidable deaths are a vital part of the notion of 'security' more broadly understood. The book argues that such deaths are caused by the man-made structures of neoliberalism and 'andrarchy' and argues that the debate on human security can be reinvigorated by looking at the unarmed, civilian role in causing the deaths of millions of innocent people; from child deaths from preventable disease to honour killings. David Roberts claims that by facing up to this relationship between social structures and massive avoidable human suffering we can create another system less prone to global violence. This book is a powerful intervention in the debate on human security and an urgent call to face up to our responsibilities to the millions killed needlessly each year.