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MGPE-011: Human Security

By Dr. Chitresh Soni   |   INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Learners enrolled: 303
Human security entails that a people-centered view of security is indispensable for national, regional and global stability. Human security challenges the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be the individual rather than the state. The United Nations Development Programme's 1994 Human Development Report argues that insuring "freedom from want" and "freedom from fear" for all persons is the best path to tackle the problem of global insecurity.
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Core
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points : 4
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 10 Sep 2022
End Date :
Exam Date :

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Course layout

WEEK

TOPICS

 

Week-1

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SECURITY

The Evolution of the Concept of Human Security 

Human Rights Approach to Development and Security 

Criticism of the Human Security concept

Modern Concept of Human Security 

Working Definition by Sabina Alkire 

Contribution of Mahbub-ul-Haq 

Juan Somavia’s ‘People’s Security’ 

Amartya Sen’s Views 

Gandhi’s Views 

Scope and Significance of Human Security 

important Dimensions of Human Security 

Human Security and Traditional Security 

Transition from Nuclear Security to Human Security


 

  Week-2

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, RIGHTS AND SECURITY

Evolution of Human Rights 

Significance of Human Development 

Status of Human Security 



Interdependence between Human Rights, Security and Development Interdependence between Human Security and Human Development Interdependence and Suggested Areas of Action




Week-3

1994 UNDP DEFINITION OF HUMAN SECURITY


Economic Security 

Food Security 

Health Security

Environmental Security

Personal Security 

Community Security 

Political Security




Freedom From Fear vs Freedom From Want and Beyond 

The Canadian Approach 


Limitation of an All Encompassing Human Security 

Peace Building 

Pre-Conflict Peace Building 

Post-Conflict Peace Building




Week-4

GANDHIAN VISION OF HUMAN SECURITY

Freedom From Fear and Anxiety

State: Threat to Human Security 

Security vis-à-vis other Disciplines 

World Federation 


Relationship between Human Security and Development 

Relationship between Human Security and Human Rights 

Gender and Human Security 

Humanitarian Intervention




Week-5

THREATS TO HUMAN SECURITY

Direct Violence and Structural Violence

Dimensions of Violence 

Cultural Violence 

Economic Violence 

Political Violence 

Social Violence 

Poverty as Structural Violence 

Structural Violence, Gender Inequality and Sexism 

Structural Violence and Racism 

 





Week-6

 


STATE VIOLENCE 

State Violence: Theory and Types 

State Violence in South Asia 

State Violence in India 

NON-STATE VIOLENCE

Defining Terrorism 

Core Characteristics of Terrorism 

History of Terrorism 

Theorising Terrorism and Its Causes

Other Forms of Political Violence


 










Week-7


DISASTER AND DEVELOPMENT


Development and Global Warming 

Stabilisation Wedges 


‘Green’ Ways to a Cleaner World 

Fuel-Food Debate 

Precision Farming

Organic Farming


Bio-Fuel: Ethanol







Week-8

SAFEGUARDS TO HUMAN SECURITY

Unorganised Labour (rural and urban) and their security

Profile of Rural Labour 

Problems of Rural Labour 

Measures for Rural Labour 


Profile of Urban Unorganised Labour 

Problems of Urban Labour 

Measures for Urban Labour

 




Week-9

EMPOWERMENT OF THE MARGINALISED (WOMEN, CHILDREN)


Concepts of ‘Marginalised’ and ‘Empowered’ 

Empowering of Marginalised women 

Empowerment of SCs, STs and OBCs 

Empowerment of Child Labour 

Empowerment of Bonded Labour 

Empowerment of other Marginalised Sections



Week-10

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International Cooperation: Issues and Challenges 

Power-based Approaches of Cooperation 

Knowledge-based Theories of Cooperation

Frameworks of International Cooperation 

Gandhian Precepts for International Cooperation




Week-11


STATE OF HUMAN SECURITY

Global Status of Human Security

Essence of Human Security 

The Praxis of Human Security 

Theory for a Complex World

The Millennium Report on Human Security 

Dimensions of Human Security  

Preventive Measures

  1. Coercive Measures 

  2. Risk analysis

  3. Vulnerabilities of human being


Human Security at Global Level 

Traditional Security Vs Human Security 

Civilians in Armed Conflict 

Human Security Focus




  Week-12

Human Security in South Asia

Genesis of the Concept of Human Security 

Fighting Insurgency in different countries of South Asia

Human Trafficking, Gender and Environmental Issues

Human Security and Non-State Actors

Development of Theories about International Regimes 

Variables Implicated in Human Security

Human Security in India

Human Development and Human Security 

Interventions: Problems and Prospects

Books and references

IGNOU Study Material at www.egyankosh.ac.in

1994 UNDP Human Development Report


Instructor bio

Dr. Chitresh Soni

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Qualifications

M.A : 2010, Sanskrit, JNU, New Delhi
Ph.D : 2018, Issues and Challenges in Sanskrit to English Machine Translation

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Indian Intellectual Tradition, Indian Philosophy, Vedic Society, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Civilization (AIHC), Manuscriptology, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Ayurveda, Yoga and Technology texts in Sanskrit, Machine Translation 

Experience

Assistant Professor
, School of Translation Studies and Training (9th August 2021 - Till date)

Awards & Honours

* Ph.D. topic awarded as Best Research Proposal in Poster Format by the Twentieth International Congress of the Vedanta, 
  organized by UMass, Dartmouth and JNU, Dec 2011

* Nominated to the Editorial Board of MLS University Newsletter in 2011 

* Junior Research Fellowship in first attempt, Code 25, UGC in 2010

* Inter-University Quiz Champion and Finalist at West Zone Inter-University Quiz Competition organized by AIU at LNIPE, Gwalior, Dec 2007  

International Collaboration

Collaborated with Microsoft
 Translator for Development of Sanskrit to English Statistical Machine Translation

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Chitresh Soni, Naveen Kumar Jha, Girish Nath Jha, 2015, Towards Automatic Translation From Sanskrit to English, Asian Lexicography Congress, Proceedings of the ASIALEX, Hong Kong PolyU, Hong Kong, 2015, Pages: 498-503, June 25-27, 2015
2. Chitresh Soni, 2017, Sanskrit Bhasha Sanganak Bhasha Vigyanayoh Parasparotkarsh Prasangikatvam, Vedanjali, Pages: 126-134, July-Dec 2017
3. Chitresh Soni, 2019, One Thousand Years of Conflict of Buddhist and Nyaya Philosophy, With special reference to the great epistemological debate, Vedanjali, Pages: 292-297, July-Dec 2019
 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Chitresh Soni, 2019, Sanskrit to English Machine Translation, Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi  



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