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Debating human security in China : towards discursive power?

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Breslin, Shaun (2015) Debating human security in China : towards discursive power? Journal of Contemporary Asia, 45 (2). pp. 243-265. doi:10.1080/00472336.2014.907926 ISSN 0047-2336.

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Abstract

While the concept of human security is sometimes dismissed in China as an irrelevant and alien "Western" concept, it has been the subject of serious academic debate – particularly in the mid-2000s, when a series of crises led to a rethinking of the nature of security in and for China. But like other theories and concepts which have been largely developed outside China, human security has been "Sinicised" to reflect Chinese contexts and preferences. In the process, the emphasis on the individual human being that is normally at the heart of human security discourses is typically replaced by a focus on the collective humankind, and Chinese analyses are often packaged together with broader understandings of non-traditional security. This results in a Chinese version of the concept where the state remains a key referent point and actor – indeed, the state is the key guarantor of human security, not a threat to it. And it is this Chinese definition, so the argument goes, that Chinese practices should be judged against, and not supposed universal definitions that in reality only reflect the history and values (and interests) of Western states.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Human security -- China
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Contemporary Asia
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0047-2336
Official Date: 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
2015Published
20 May 2014Available
Volume: 45
Number: 2
Number of Pages: 23
Page Range: pp. 243-265
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2014.907926
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 27 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 27 December 2015
Funder: Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7)
Grant number: 266809 (FP7)

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