The reconstruction of human security through the framework of security-as-emancipation
Author
Karakaş, Uluç
Advisor
Bilgiç, Ali
Date
2014Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis provides a critical examination of Human Security through the
framework of security-as-emancipation. Given the novelty and prominence of
Human Security after the Cold War, it is argued that Human Security has yet to
realize the promise of being human-centric toward individual agency and change.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the thesis is to critically re-engage with the
unfulfilled promise of Human Security. In this context, through comparing
different perspectives offered by critical security studies, the thesis argues that the
framework of security-as-emancipation paves the way for rethinking the promise
of Human Security toward the reconstruction of Human Security by way of (1)
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problematizing contradictions within Human Security and (2) transforming
Human Security into an emancipatory Human Security perspective. The
problematization part lays bare the contradictory co-existence of both statecentrism
and market-centrism within HS. Both state-centrism and marketcentrism
necessitates re-conceiving the role of the state as well the role of the
market. In accordance with the contradictory aspects, the reconstruction of Human
Security puts forward a novel stance on both political community in terms of the
role of the state and political economy in terms of the role of the market. In
conjunction with this, the thesis asserts that an emancipatory Human Security
perspective could realize the promise of being human-centric toward individual
agency and just change.
Keywords
Human SecuritySecurity
Emancipation
Problematization
Statecentrism
Market-centrism
Transformation
Agency
Change