From Human to Post Human Security in Latin America: Examples and Reflections from Across the Region

Current political discourse emphasizes the globalized nature of security threats, and focusing on Latin America, this book identifies local complexities of Human Security. From Human to Post Human Security in Latin America provides a fresh look to some acute problems regarding human security in Latin America: human rights and dignity, water, food and health insecurities. These problems are persistent and constitute human security threats in the near future. In this book, each chapter studies a critical social problem in Latin America and analyzes it from the human security perspective, providing examples that illustrate the critical state in which Latin America is found regarding environmental security and providing a comparative perspective to give a wider view of these issues. Now security threats are truly global; given the limits of the international community and the nation state to solve these issues, it is necessary to revisit the most acute problems that the planet faces from a more comprehensive perspective. This is essential reading for professionals in the field of policy making, practitioners with a need of a conceptual support, and those interested in human security in Latin America from a Latin American perspective.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; María Eugenia Ibarrarán and José L. García-AguilarPART I. CONCEPTUAL VIEWS OF HUMAN SECURITY AND DIGNITY Chapter 1. Theoretical Reflections on the Evolution of Human Security; José L. García-Aguilar Chapter 2. From Human Dignity to Care; José R. Marroquín-Farrera PART II. REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY Chapter 3. Food Security in some South American countries and Mexico; Paulino E. Arellanes-Jiménez Chapter 4. Water Security in Brazil, Bolivia, and Mexico; María Eugenia Ibarrarán Chapter 5. Health Security in Central America; Mónica Trujillo-López PART III. ALTERNATIVE VIEWS BEYOND HUMAN SECURITY Chapter 6. Post-Human Security? Lessons from Abya Yala; Luisa Fernanda Grijalva-Maza

About the Author :
María Eugenia Ibarrarán directs the Xabier Gorostiaga Institute for Environmental Research at Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico. She heads the CONACYT Network on Air Pollution and Climate Change, is Social Advisee for the Evaluation of the National Climate Change Policy at INECC, and part of the National System of Researchers (SNI II). José L. García-Aguilar is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico. He has taught at Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico, and Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico, where he was Chair of the Department of International Relations.