Human Security Subcategories

Human Security

The contemporary apparent decline in battle deaths may be coming from:

A. Rising economic interdependence
B. The end of colonialism and cold war
C. The growing role of international institutions and community (peace operations)
D. All of the options given are correct

A capability-oriented approach to development, which seeks to expand the range of things that people can do, is termed:

A. Human security
B. National security
C. Human development
D. Economic development

Critics of human security charge that:

A. The concept is too broad to be analytically useful
B. That it creates false expectations of assistance which cannot be met
C. That it marginalizes or weakens the state’s role in security
D. All of the options given are correct

Humanitarian intervention:

A. Justifies the use of force and breach of sovereignty based on human security grounds
B. Argues that human security does not exist
C. Argues that national security does not exist
D. a and c