What is meant by the non-traditional notion of security? Differentiate between the narrow and the broad concept of human security.
Meaning of Non-traditional notion of security traditional security-goes beyond military attack or threat. It includes a wider range of threats and dangers affecting the conditions of human existence. In traditional security, the referent is the state, whereas, in the non-traditional concept, the referent is global. In the non-traditional concept of security, not only the state but individual and the whole of humanity is affected. This view of security is also known as ‘Human Security’ or ‘Global Security’. Difference between the narrow and the broad concept of human security. Supporter of Narrow Concept of Human Security focus on violent threats to individuals, while supporter of broad concept of Human Security agree that the threat agenda should include hunger, disease and natural disasters because there kill for more people than war, genocide and terrorism combined. The broadest formulation stresses what has been called ‘Freedom from want’ and freedom from fear.
