Human Security Norms in East Asia, 1st ed. 2019
Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia Series

Language: English
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This book reveals how the idea of human security, combined with other human-centric norms, has been embraced, criticized, modified and diffused in East Asia (ASEAN Plus Three). Once we zoom in to the regional space of East Asia, we can see a kaleidoscopic diversity of human security stakeholders and their values. Asian stakeholders are willing to engage in the cultural interpretation and contextualization of human security, underlining the importance of human dignity in addition to freedom from fear and from want. This dignity element, together with national ownership, may be the most important values added in the Asian version of human security. 

Chapter 1 Human Security in East Asia: Assembling a Puzzle 

Yoichi Mine, Oscar A. Gómez and Ako Muto

Chapter 2 Human Security Problems in Cambodia: Far from Over 

Pou Sovachana and Alice Beban

Chapter 3 Human Security in Practice: The Chinese Experience 

Ren Xiao

Chapter 4 Perceptions on Human security: An Indonesian View 

Lina A. Alexandra

Chapter 5 An Analysis of Japanese Stakeholder Perceptions 

Kaoru Kurusu

Chapter 6 Perceptions and Practice of Human Security in Malaysia 

Benny Teh Cheng Guan and Ngu Ik Tien 

Chapter 7 Human Security and Development in Myanmar: Issues and Implications 

Moe Thuzar

Chapter 8 Human Security in Practice: The Philippine Experience from the Perspective of Different Stakeholders 

Maria Ela L. Atienza 

Chapter 9 Human Security in Singapore: Where Entitlement Feeds Insecurity 

Belinda Chng and Sofiah Jamil 

Chapter 10 Human Security in Practice: The Case of South Korea

Eun Mee Kim, Seon Young Bae and Ji Hyun Shin

Chapter 11 Human Security in Practice in Thailand 

Surangrut Jumnianpol and Nithi Nuangjamnong

Chapter 12 The Concept of Human Security in Vietnam 

Pham Lan Dung, Nguyen Ngoc Lan, Bui Bich Thao, Ngo T. Trang and Nguyen Thu Giang 

Chapter 13 What is at Stake in Localizing Human Security Norms in the ASEAN+3? A Comparative Analysis of Eleven Qualitative Regional Review Surveys

Oscar A. Gómez

Chapter 14 The Way Forward: The Power of Diversity

Ako Muto and Yoichi Mine


Yoichi Mine is Professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, Japan.

Oscar A. Gómez is Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan.

Ako Muto is Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI), Japan.

Provides a comprehensive map of the human security challenges faced by countries in the East Asian region

Analyzes responses from more than one hundred interviews of politicians, activists, scholars, business people, and journalists

Advances research on norm dynamics developed in the past two decades on international organizations