Abstract
This chapter explores the relevance of human security to SDG 16 against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. In so doing it identifies ways in which the concept can be framed and deployed to prioritize the needs of individuals and communities in a manner that reprioritizes local voices in the Global Governance of Violence. This chapter asserts that human security should be a core narrative for achieving the aims of SDG 16, but that for it to achieve the aims of more just societies, the insights of disaster studies, and crucially of the growing focus on intersections of vulnerabilities is essential. In so doing we can shift away from a focus on disaggregated individuals to better appreciate how sources of human insecurity play out in complex ways.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence |
| Subtitle of host publication | Critical Reflections on the Uncertain Future of Peace |
| Editors | Timothy Donais, Alistair Edgar, Kirsten Van Houten |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 32-45 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003291121, 9781000924220 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032270562 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Timothy Donais, Alistair D. Edgar, and Kirsten Van Houten; individual chapters, the contributors.
