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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.
List of contents
1. Human Security in East Asia: Assembling a Puzzle.- 2. Human Security Problems in Cambodia: Far from Over.- 3. Human Security in Practice: The Chinese Experience.- 4. Perceptions on Human Security: An Indonesian View.- 5. An Analysis of Japanese Stakeholder Perceptions.- 6. Perceptions and Practice of Human Security in Malaysia.- 7. Human Security and Development in Myanmar: Issues and Implications.- 8. Human Security in Practice: The Philippine Experience from the Perspective of Different Stakeholders.- 9. Human Security in Singapore: Where Entitlement Feeds Insecurity.- 10. Human Security in Practice: The Case of South Korea.- 11. Human Security in Practice in Thailand.- 12. The Concept of Human Security in Vietnam.- 13. What Is at Stake in Localizing Human Security Norms in the ASEAN+3?: A Comparative Analysis of 11 Qualitative Regional Review Surveys.- 14. The Way Forward:The Power of Diversity.
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
