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oapen-20.500.12657-768822023-10-20T02:12:21Z Human Security and Empowerment in Asia Caballero-Anthony, Mely Mine, Yoichi Ishikawa, Sachiko Ageing;COVID-19;Flooding;Indonesia;Japan;Non-Traditional Security;Peace;Philippines;Pollution;Thailand;Vietnam bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPV Political control & freedoms bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this edited volume revisits the framework of human security and development. It examines the protection-empowerment nexus as applied to various vulnerable groups and populations affected by the pandemic. While the conventional human security literature has focused on top-down protection, this book offers new perspectives on human security by exploring bottom-up empowerment from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It also encourages readers to rethink the agency of vulnerable people in addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic. Through eight case studies from Southeast Asia and Japan, the contributors to this book demonstrate the importance of empowerment in achieving human security. They focus on the responses of vulnerable groups and communities to multiple threats to their lives, livelihoods, and dignity. The chapters discuss key human security concerns, such as poverty, the environment, food, forced migration, gender, health, aging, peace, and justice – all of which have been compounded and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An essential resource for students and scholars of human security in the aftermath of COVID-19 and its wider impacts. 2023-10-19T13:18:27Z 2023-10-19T13:18:27Z 2024 book 9781032554426 9781003430742 9781032554433 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76882 eng Politics in Asia application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003812739.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003430742 10.4324/9781003430742 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781032554426 9781003430742 9781032554433 Routledge 255 open access
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this edited volume revisits the framework of human security and development. It examines the protection-empowerment nexus as applied to various vulnerable groups and populations affected by the pandemic.
While the conventional human security literature has focused on top-down protection, this book offers new perspectives on human security by exploring bottom-up empowerment from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It also encourages readers to rethink the agency of vulnerable people in addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic. Through eight case studies from Southeast Asia and Japan, the contributors to this book demonstrate the importance of empowerment in achieving human security. They focus on the responses of vulnerable groups and communities to multiple threats to their lives, livelihoods, and dignity. The chapters discuss key human security concerns, such as poverty, the environment, food, forced migration, gender, health, aging, peace, and justice – all of which have been compounded and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
An essential resource for students and scholars of human security in the aftermath of COVID-19 and its wider impacts.
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