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Mänsklig säkerhet – en fråga med flera dimensioner: En studie av FNs fredsbevarande operation i CAR

Larsson, Moa LU (2018) FKVK02 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The meaning of security has transformed due to the emergence of alternative
security perspectives after the cold war, promoting the need for a security agenda centred around the individual. Since its popularization in the 1990s, the concept of human security has been characterized by debates regarding its relevance and what it should entail. As an important actor in maintaining peace and security, the UN has strongly promoted a comprehensive human security approach during the last decades. Despite critique against the analytic and policy utility of human security, this thesis examines how the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic acts to ensure human security. As I argue that human security
need to address both... (More)
The meaning of security has transformed due to the emergence of alternative
security perspectives after the cold war, promoting the need for a security agenda centred around the individual. Since its popularization in the 1990s, the concept of human security has been characterized by debates regarding its relevance and what it should entail. As an important actor in maintaining peace and security, the UN has strongly promoted a comprehensive human security approach during the last decades. Despite critique against the analytic and policy utility of human security, this thesis examines how the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic acts to ensure human security. As I argue that human security
need to address both development and security issues, the analysis is based on five essential dimensions of human security, namely economic, health, environmental personal and political security. While efforts have been made to ensure human security within all dimension, this thesis concludes that the UN peacekeeping operation prioritizes personal and political security in the Central African Republic. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Moa LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Human security, UN peacekeeping, Central African Republic, MINUSCA, economic security, health security, environmental security, personal security, political security, human development, freedom from fear, freedom from want
language
Swedish
id
8942548
date added to LUP
2018-08-24 08:22:52
date last changed
2018-08-24 08:22:52
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  abstract     = {{The meaning of security has transformed due to the emergence of alternative
security perspectives after the cold war, promoting the need for a security agenda centred around the individual. Since its popularization in the 1990s, the concept of human security has been characterized by debates regarding its relevance and what it should entail. As an important actor in maintaining peace and security, the UN has strongly promoted a comprehensive human security approach during the last decades. Despite critique against the analytic and policy utility of human security, this thesis examines how the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic acts to ensure human security. As I argue that human security
need to address both development and security issues, the analysis is based on five essential dimensions of human security, namely economic, health, environmental personal and political security. While efforts have been made to ensure human security within all dimension, this thesis concludes that the UN peacekeeping operation prioritizes personal and political security in the Central African Republic.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Moa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Mänsklig säkerhet – en fråga med flera dimensioner: En studie av FNs fredsbevarande operation i CAR}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}