The Political Economy of Global Communication
An Introduction| By: | Peter Wilkin |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780745314013 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781849640350 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Recent debates surrounding human security have focused on the satisfaction of human needs as the vital goal for global development. Peter Wilkin highlights the limitations of this view and argues that unless we incorporate an account of human autonomy into human security then the concept is flawed.
He reveals how human security is a concern with social relations that connect people in local, national and global networks of power, structured through capitalism and hierarchical inter-state systems.
Autonomy, as an aspect of human security, depends upon the ability of citizens to gain information about the processes that shape their lives. In this respect autonomy and communication are inherently linked and are prerequisites for the establishment of meaningful democratic systems.