Tesis profesional presentada por Alejandro Espriú Guerra

Licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales. Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales e Historia. Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Jurado Calificador

Presidente: Dr. José Luis García Aguilar
Vocal y Director: Dr. Isidro Morales Moreno
Secretario: Dra. Emma Rebecca Norman

Cholula, Puebla, México a 6 de mayo de 2005.

Resumen

The concept of security, and its redefinition, has been gaining significant importance in the recent years, especially in our continent. Major debates regarding the meaning of security are shifting to revolve around two main questions: The first, addressing the ´security against what´ claim, emphasizes the internal and non-traditional threats that have arisen as a result of a lack of governance and the deficient fulfillment of basic human needs, in contrast to the inter-state threats related to the traditional security...

Resumen (archivo pdf, 58 kb).

Índice de contenido

Introduction (archivo pdf, 36 kb)

Capítulo 1. Conceptual Framewok (archivo pdf, 244 kb)

  • 1.1 Security, the Issues
  • 1.2 Security, the Concepts

Capítulo 2. Human Security: Protecting and Empowering the People (archivo pdf, 380 kb)

  • 2.1 Towards a Definition of Human Security
  • 2.2 The Changing Nature of Security Threats
  • 2.3 Canadian Contributions to Human Security
  • 2.4 Human Security Revisited

Capítulo 3. The Interamerican Security System Revised: New Trends and Approaches (archivo pdf, 274 kb)

  • 3.1 The Origins
  • 3.2 The Construction of a Collective Security System during the Cold War
  • 3.3 Inter-American Security in the Aftermath of the Cold War
  • 3.4 Hemispheric Security Architecture Post 9/11

Capítulo 4. Final Considerations, Conclusions and Recommendations (archivo pdf, 96 kb)

  • 4.1 Justifications
  • 4.2 Recommendations
  • 4.3 Conclusions

Referencias (archivo pdf, 94 kb)

Apéndice A. Comparison of Human Security Definitions (archivo pdf, 163 kb)

Apéndice B. Threats and Vulnerability in Latin America (archivo pdf, 929 kb)

Espriú Guerra, A. 2005. Human Security in Latin America: Contesting and Revising the Current Hemispheric Security System in the Americas. Tesis Licenciatura. Relaciones Internacionales. Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales e Historia, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Mayo. Derechos Reservados © 2005.