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Actors and Stakeholders in Non-traditional Security

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Actors and Stakeholders in Non-Traditional Security refer to entities that play important roles in the provision and oversight of nontraditional security as well as the constituents or recipients of the this type of security.

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The non-traditional concept of security acknowledges that there are issues which challenge the survival and well-being of peoples and states do not always come from conventional or military sources. Security is no longer just associated with state sovereignty or territorial integrity but must involve the security of people (i.e., survival, well-being, and dignity) at the individual and societal levels. Non-traditional security is the conceptual label given to challenges that have been overlooked in the past due to the overemphasis of and narrow views on traditional or hard security. Within the non-traditional security agenda, the key players are states, international governmental organizations (IGOs), international nongovernmental...

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  • Caballero-Anthony, M. (Ed.). (2016). An Introduction to Non-traditional Security Studies: A Transnational Approach. Sage.

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  • Cook, A., & Nair, T. (Eds.). (2021). Non-traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: A Decade of Perspectives. World Scientific.

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  • Masys, A. J. (2016). Exploring the Security Landscape: Non-traditional Security Challenges. Springer.

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  • Peou, S. (Ed.). (2015). Human Security in East Asia: Challenges for Collaborative Action. Routledge.

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Valenciano, A.K.B., Arugay, A.A. (2021). Actors and Stakeholders in Non-traditional Security. In: Romaniuk, S., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_160-1

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