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Tag Archives: Detraz
Disequilibrium
The two chapters, Ecological Security and Gender and Environmental Security, both carried an emphasis on the significance of human relationships and natural ecosystems. Interestingly, each author’s analysis of these relationships observed them from different lenses. The Detraz chapter stated that … Continue reading
We May Never Achieve Peace and Order: How Traditional Security Frameworks Fail Individuals
This week, I was particularly struck by a quote from Jawaharlal Nehru in Part III of Parenti’s Tropic of Chaos: “The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.” (Parenti, 133) This summarizes … Continue reading
Ecological Security and Gender
Our first class period focused greatly around the definition of security, and over the past few weeks the authors we’ve explored have offered their meaning of environmental security and the cause for its state, ranging from the lack of resources, … Continue reading
Challenging and Reframing the Security Discourse
The central idea behind this week’s readings is the reframing of security discourse, including that of environmental security and ecological security. In Environmental Security, Pirages suggests that we must reframe the security paradigm in order to take into account environmental … Continue reading