Human Security

Human Security

1 Defining Human Security

  1. The Evolution of the Concept of Human Security
  2. Human Rights Approach to Development and Security
  3. Modern Concept of Human Security
  4. Contemporary Views
  5. Scope and Significance of Human Security
  6. Human Security and Traditional Security
  7. Transition from Nuclear Security to Human Security
  8. Criticism of the Human Security Concept

2 Human Development, Rights and Security

  1. Evolution of Human Rights
  2. Significance of Human Development
  3. Status of Human Security
  4. Interdependence between Human Rights, Security and Development
  5. Interdependence between Human Security and Human Development
  6. Interdependence and Suggested Areas of Action

3 Human Security and Peace Building

  1. Human Security
  2. UNDPโ€™s 1994 Definition
  3. Freedom From Fear vs Freedom From Want and Beyond
  4. Peace Building

4 Gandhian Vision of Human Security

  1. Freedom From Fear and Anxiety
  2. The Search for Principles
  3. Relationship with Development
  4. Relationship with Human Rights
  5. Gender and Human Security
  6. Humanitarian Intervention

5 Structural Violence (Economic, Social, Political)

  1. Defining Violence
  2. Direct Violence and Structural Violence
  3. Dimensions of Violence
  4. Poverty as Structural Violence
  5. Structural Violence, Gender Inequality and Sexism
  6. Structural Violence and Racism

6 State Violence (Terrorism, Dictatorship Military etc)

  1. State Violence: Theory and Types
  2. State Violence in South Asia
  3. State Violence in India
  4. An Overview

7 Non-State Violence (Terrorism)

  1. Defining Terrorism
  2. Core Characteristics of Terrorism
  3. History of Terrorism
  4. Theorising Terrorism and Its Causes
  5. Other Forms of Political Violence

8 Disaster and Displacement

  1. Development and Global Warming
  2. Stabilisation Wedges
  3. โ€˜Greenโ€™ Ways to a Cleaner World
  4. Fuel-Food Debate
  5. Precision Farming
  6. Organic Farming

9 Food Security

  1. Food Security and its Significance
  2. Food security and Hunger
  3. Food Security and Malnutrition
  4. Food Security and Global concerns
  5. Food Security- Measures and Their Impact
  6. Food Security-Future Perspectives

10 Unorganised Labour (Rural and Urban)

  1. Profile of Rural Labour
  2. Problems of Rural Labour
  3. Measures for Rural Unorganised Labour
  4. Profile of Urban Unorganised Labour
  5. Problems of Urban Unorganised Labour
  6. Measures for Urban Unorganised Labour

11 Empowerment of the Marginalised (Women, Children etc)

  1. The Concepts of โ€˜marginalisedโ€™ and โ€˜empoweredโ€™
  2. Empowering Marginalised Women
  3. Empowerment of Child Labour
  4. Empowerment of SCs, STs and OBCs
  5. Empowering the Bonded Labour
  6. Other Marginalised Sections

12 International Cooperation and Security

  1. International Cooperation: Issues and Challenges
  2. Power-based Approaches of Cooperation
  3. Value or Knowledge-based Theories of Cooperation
  4. Frameworks of International Cooperation
  5. Gandhian Precepts for International Cooperation

13 Measuring Human Security

  1. The Millennium Report on Human Security
  2. Dimensions of Human Security
  3. Present Situation at International Level
  4. A New Global Order
  5. Goals Set by United Nations
  6. Human Security: An Emerging Concept
  7. Preventive Measures
  8. Variables Implicated in Human Security

14 Global State of Human Security

  1. Emerging Concept of Human Security
  2. Essence of Human Security
  3. The Praxis of Human Security
  4. Traditional Security Vs Human Security
  5. Theory for a Complex World
  6. Human Security at Global Level
  7. Civilians in Armed Conflict
  8. Human Security Focus

15 Human Security in South Asia

  1. Genesis of the Concept of Human Security
  2. Human Security and South Asia
  3. Fighting Insurgency: The Indian Context
  4. Human Trafficking, Gender and Environmental Issues

16 Human Security in India

  1. Human Security: Indian Scenario
  2. Human Development and Human Security
  3. Interventions: Problems and Prospects