Description
The Oxford Handbook of Human Security redefines what it means to be secure in the twenty-first century, placing the individual, rather than the state, at the center of analysis. Edited by Derek S. Reveron, David P. Polatty IV, and Summer Marion, this comprehensive volume examines how threats such as climate change, pandemics, migration, digital surveillance, and disinformation transcend borders and reshape global stability. The book explores how traditional national security frameworks—focused on territory and power—can evolve to meet the interconnected crises of our time by emphasizing protection, empowerment, and resilience.Organized into eight thematic sections, the Handbook brings together leading scholars and practitioners from around the world to address the political, economic, environmental, health, and technological dimensions of human security. From the UN's "Four Freedoms" to the Sustainable Development Goals, contributors trace the evolution of people-centered security thinking and its practical implications for governance at all levels. Through diverse case studies, the volume highlights both the promise and the complexity of implementing human security approaches in an era of global interdependence and growing authoritarianism. The result is an essential guide for understanding the challenges and benefits of safeguarding human dignity in research and policy, towards a more inclusive security paradigm.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsIntroduction: An Overview of Human SecurityDerek S. Reveron, Summer Marion, David Polatty I: Scope of Human SecurityChapter 1: History of Human SecurityDerek S. ReveronChapter 2: Human Security in International RelationsBenjamin Zyla and Ruba MuslehChapter 3: Human Security and Great Power CompetitionCharlotte HulmeChapter 4: International Organizations and International Humanitarian LawTamer MorrisChapter 5: Displacement and Human SecurityPhillip ColeII: Actors and Approaches Chapter 6: United Nations and Human SecurityWalter BraunohlerChapter 7: Humanitarian NGOsAmanda Murdie and Peyton BaxleyChapter 8: Multistakeholder Approaches to Human SecurityBrendan M. HoweChapter 9: Practicing Human SecurityAnna HayesChapter 10: The State Challenge: Overcoming the Insecurity Trilemma of Food, Water, and EnergyNikolas K. GvosdevIII: Protecting Civilians Chapter 11: Protection of Civilians: Challenges in Evolving WarfareLauren SpinkChapter 12: Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster ResponseHeath Brightman and Marshall KraftChapter 13: Civilian Protection in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response: Evolving Roles in Civil-Military Engagement in the Asia-PacificEmily Chapman and Maria Carinnes AlejandriaChapter 14: Tackling Access Challenges in an Evolving Humanitarian LandscapeAmith Mandavilli and Sana VaidyaChapter 15: Organized Forced Migration and Human SecurityFiona B. Adamson and Kelly M. GreenhillChapter 16: Peace OperationsRoss CoffeyChapter 17: Human Security in NATO Military OperationsAlexander Gilder and Daniel LinsdellChapter 18: Human Security and U.S. Strategy 1992-2014Derek S. ReveronIV: Identity SecurityChapter 19: Social Identity, Societal Resilience and Strategic CultureOlga R. ChiriacChapter 20: Gender Equality and Human SecurityCarolyn M. StephensonChapter 21: Situating Anti-LGBTQ Laws in the Human Security DiscourseKrystal-Gayle O'NeillV: Economic SecurityChapter 22: The Economics of Fragility: Fighting, Failing States, and Feedback LoopsDominic RohnerChapter 23: Demographics and DevelopmentNithi NuangjamnongChapter 24: Securing Against FamineOlivier RubinChapter 25: NGOs and DevelopmentNaysan Adlparvar, Dorothea Omerovic, David PolattyVI: Environmental SecurityChapter 26: Climate Change, Human Security, and Human RightsDes GasperChapter 27: Human Security in a Changing ClimateClara EggerChapter 28: Maritime SecurityJan StockbrueggerChapter 29: Water Security and Water ConflictPenny Beames and Kate A. BraumanChapter 30: Environmental GovernanceIan BradburyVII: Health Security Chapter 31: Antidote or Disease? The Securitization of Global Health GovernanceSummer MarionChapter 32: The Epidemic of Preventable Non-Communicable Diseases as a Threat to Human Security: A Systems-Oriented PerspectiveTerry T.-K. Huang, Rachel L. Thompson, Sergio A. Costa, and Jeffrey V. LazarusChapter 33: Health Security: Pandemic Preparedness and ResponseMegan Rhodes and Megan FotheringhamVIII: Technology SecurityChapter 34: Human Rights in CyberspaceRoberta Lopes da Cruz Antonio Chapter 35: Selective Privacy: Why and How Authoritarian States Approach Data Protection in the Digital EraGenia Kostka and Hui ZhouChapter 36: What Is Privacy? Rethinking Rights, Consent, and Control in the Digital AgeNate Tombs and Eleonore Fournier-TombsChapter 37: Artificial Intelligence and Human SecurityJohn E. Savage and Derek S. ReveronChapter 38: Silencing at Scale: AI Generated Abuse, Digital Democracy, and the Urgent Need to Dismantle the Nudifier EconomyMalika Saada Saar and Michelle L. DingChapter 39: Privacy in the Panopticon? Intelligence in the Digital AgeJeffrey Rogg
