Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Subject "Human security"

Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Subject "Human security"

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  • Comprehensive and holistic human security for a post-colonial southern Africa : a conceptual framework 
    Zondi, Siphamandla (University of Pretoria, Department of Political Science, 2017)
    At the heart of the conundrum of regional integration in Africa is the very conceptual basis of the idea and its agendas. In southern Africa, the agenda has for decades been about fighting poverty and enabling a good ...
  • A conceptual safari: Africa and R2P 
    Spies, Yolanda Kemp; Dzimiri, Patrick (Berghahn Books, 2011-04-01)
    The Responsibility to Protect is a new human security paradigm that re-conceptualizes state sovereignty as a responsibility rather than a right. Its seminal endorsement by the 2005 World Summit has however not consolidated ...
  • A human security approach to peacekeeping in Africa 
    Olonisakin, Funmi (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    One of the transformations in approach and thinking about peace and security at the end of the Cold War is the emergence of the human security paradigm. It argues for a focus on the individual as the referent point for ...
  • Human security in South Africa 
    Africa, Sandy (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    The gains that can be attributed to the cause of human security since the end of apartheid are significant. The right to vote, to basic education and primary health care; the introduction of an extensive social ...
  • National security and threat perception : when is an issue a national security threat? 
    Hough, Mike (Michael) (University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2003)
    In this article the concepts of national security and human security are discussed with specific reference to the African and South African situation. It is concluded that there is still no clear indication of when an ...
  • Re-conceptualising leadership for effective peacemaking and human security in Africa 
    Olonisakin, Funmi (University of Pretoria, Institute for Strategic Studies, 2015)
    This article explores the meaning of peace and human security from the perspective of the individual — the presumed referent point of security — and examines responses to armed conflict, a leading source of insecurity ...
  • Reconciliation in Zimbabwe : the conflict between a state-centred and people-centred approach 
    Murambadoro, Ruth R.; Wielenga, Cori (Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Reconciliation has become an integral part of the post-conflict peacebuilding process, and has come to be seen as an integral part of sustaining peace and security, particularly at the local level. The tension between ...
  • The SANDF as a human security instrument post-1994 
    Mongwaketse, Thuso Benton (University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2016)
    South Africa adopted a human security orientation at the start of its democratic epoch in 1994, but its operationalisation by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) proved difficult to implement. Human security ...