Human Security Norms in East Asia

The idea of human security, one of the human-centric norms born in the United Nation, has been criticized, embraced, and dynamically transformed in nations of East Asia (ASEAN Plus Three), where people are exposed to serious insecurities such as natural disasters, pollution, epidemics, armed conflicts and possible economic downturns. While there is a kaleidoscopic diversity of human security actors and aspirations, East Asians tend to think that human security and national sovereignty are compatible, and attach particular weight to freedom to live in dignity, one of the core values of human security. Elements of human security are already entrenched in the East Asian reality. This book ponders what, then, should be done next in this world of global connectivity. Yoichi Mine is Professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, Japan. Oscar A. Gómez is Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan. Ako Muto is Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan.

Auteur
Yoichi Mine is Professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, Japan.
Oscar A. Gómez is Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan.
Ako Muto is Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan.

Résumé
This book reveals how the idea of human security, combined with other human-centric norms, has been embraced, criticized, modified and diffused in East Asia (ASEAN Plus Three). Once we zoom in to the regional space of East Asia, we can see a kaleidoscopic diversity of human security stakeholders and their values. Asian stakeholders are willing to engage in the cultural interpretation and contextualization of human security, underlining the importance of human dignity in addition to freedom from fear and from want. This dignity element, together with national ownership, may be the most important values added in the Asian version of human security.

Contenu

Chapter 1 Human Security in East Asia: Assembling a Puzzle

Yoichi Mine, Oscar A. Gómez and Ako Muto

Chapter 2 Human Security Problems in Cambodia: Far from Over

Pou Sovachana and Alice Beban

Chapter 3 Human Security in Practice: The Chinese Experience

Ren Xiao

Chapter 4 Perceptions on Human security: An Indonesian View

Lina A. Alexandra

Chapter 5 An Analysis of Japanese Stakeholder Perceptions

Kaoru Kurusu

Chapter 6 Perceptions and Practice of Human Security in Malaysia

Benny Teh Cheng Guan and Ngu Ik Tien

Chapter 7 Human Security and Development in Myanmar: Issues and Implications

Moe Thuzar

Chapter 8 Human Security in Practice: The Philippine Experience from the Perspective of Different Stakeholders

Maria Ela L. Atienza

Chapter 9 Human Security in Singapore: Where Entitlement Feeds Insecurity

Belinda Chng and Sofiah Jamil

Chapter 10 Human Security in Practice: The Case of South Korea Eun Mee Kim, Seon Young Bae and Ji Hyun Shin

Chapter 11 Human Security in Practice in Thailand

Surangrut Jumnianpol and Nithi Nuangjamnong

Chapter 12 The Concept of Human Security in Vietnam

Pham Lan Dung, Nguyen Ngoc Lan, Bui Bich Thao, Ngo T. Trang and Nguyen Thu Giang

Chapter 13 What is at Stake in Localizing Human Security Norms in the ASEAN+3? A Comparative Analysis of Eleven Qualitative Regional Review Surveys

Oscar A. Gómez

Chapter 14 The Way Forward: The Power of Diversity

Ako Muto and Yoichi Mine