National European and Human Security

<p>This book examines how national security strategies relate to an emerging common European or global vision of security and to human security ideas.</p><p>Human security and national security are often regarded as competing and mutually antagonistic; the former was proposed and has been operationalised in ways which represent a paradigm shift away from state-centric approaches and the dominance of national-security perspectives. This has led to human security being associated with a broadening of the security agenda to encompass not only physical security the use of force and military capabilities but also the provision of material well-being and dignity to vulnerable communities. </p><p>This edited volume seeks to identify key concepts and themes in the national discourse of several European countries addressing security at a meta-narrative and conceptual level illustrating the changes taking place in approaches to security and in particular mapping moves away from a paradigm of ‘national security’ to one which might be called ‘human security’. It also enables an assessment of whether national security is currently converging at either European or global levels.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of human security European politics discourse analysis war and conflict studies and IR/security studies in general. </p>