INQ-260PS | Human Security

Full Title: Dimensions of a secure life: Politics of human security in a globalized world.

Topic Description:

This course encourages students to think critically about human security, which has recently become an important topic in the field of International Politics. Based on a set of readings, lectures, and discussions, students will first develop their own understanding of a secure life. Subsequently, they will explore how reality in the US and around the world matches up to their definitions and will also examine some of the political and economic determinants of human security. Throughout the course, we will emphasize the multidimensional nature of human security, reviewing topics like political violence, human development, poverty, food security, environmental threats, human trafficking, and gender-based violence.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: November 2011