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Human Security from the Standpoint of an Economist

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Globalization and Environmental Challenges

Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 3))

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The concept of human security is wide-ranging (Gasper 2005a). It extends from notions of personal security, during conflict say, to broader definitions of economic well-being as encompassed in the notion of human development (Streeten 1993). One of the hallmarks of the economics discipline is its concern with measurement. Consequently, we have the human development index, at both the national and regional levels, which is an unweighted average of real income per-capita, longevity, and educational attainment. As yet, there are few quantifiable human security indices, because of the difficulty in devising an objective measure of insecurity under conditions of conflict.2

Subjective measures with numerical codes do exist, e.g. the Minorities at Risk database (MAR 2004). See also Lonergan/Gustavson/Carter (forthcoming) and Lonergan /Gustavson/Carter (2000).

Subjective measures with numerical codes do exist, e.g. the Minorities at Risk database (MAR 2004). See also Lonergan/Gustavson/Carter (forthcoming) and Lonergan/ Gustavson/Carter (2000).

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  1. Culture is arguably another explanation, see Cuesta (2004).

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  2. The expression “greed disguised as grievance” was coined by Paul Collier (Collier/ Hoeffler 2004).

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  1. Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoob Murshed

  2. The Birmingham Business School University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

    Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoob Murshed

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  1. Department of Political and Social Sciences, member of the College of Associated Scientists and Advisors (CASA) at UNU-EHS, AFES-PRESS chairman, Free University Berlin, Germany

    Hans Günter Brauch (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

  2. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidiscipinarias (CRIM), National University of Mexico (UNAM), MRF Chair on Social Vulnerability at UNU-EHS, México

    Úrsula Oswald Spring (Research Professor) (Research Professor)

  3. Faculty of Management, Cracow University of Economics, Pl-31-510, Kraków, ul Rakowicka 27, Poland

    Czeslaw Mesjasz (Professor, Vice Dean) (Professor, Vice Dean)

  4. Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

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  5. Amsterdam School for Social science Research, Dept. of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, OZ Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  6. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Avenue de la Paix 7bis, P.O. Box 1295, CH-1211, Geneva 1, Switzerland

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  7. Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Maulana Mohamed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi, 110025, India

    Navnita Chadha Behera (Professor) (Professor)

  8. University of Tunis-Carthage, 12 Avenue 7 Novembre, 1164, Hammam-Chatt, Tunisia

    Béchir Chourou (Professor of International Relations) (Professor of International Relations)

  9. Department of Private Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Nairobi

    Patricia Kameri-Mbote (Chair, Programme Director for Africa) (Chair, Programme Director for Africa)

  10. International Environmental Law Research Centre, Kenya Office, PO Box 2394 KNH, 00202, Nairobi, Kenya

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  11. Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 02840-4129, USA

    P. H. Liotta (Professor of Humanities, Director) (Professor of Humanities, Director)

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Murshed, S.M. (2008). Human Security from the Standpoint of an Economist. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Globalization and Environmental Challenges. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75977-5_36

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