The seas of our insecurity: Ordinary versus state discourses on maritime and human security in the Philippines
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Political Science
Document Type
Book Chapter
Source Title
Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia: Political Challenges in Asian Waters
First Page
107
Last Page
124
Publication Date
4-21-2017
Abstract
The dominant discourse on maritime security in the Philippines is one that projects threats in the form of armed invasion of its territorial waters, of pirates threatening the safety of its sea-lanes, and more recently, of armed terrorists attacking its resorts and bombing its sailing vessels. On the other hand, the discourse of ordinary peoples living near the oceans, and whose livelihoods depend on them, is one that considers threats in the form of reduced economic opportunities brought upon them by natural and human-made forces beyond their control. It is these somewhat conflicting conceptualizations of maritime security that this chapter inquires into, and tries to reconcile as it imagines a maritime security discourse that is shaped according to the tenets of human security and that is authentic to the Philippine context.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/978-981-10-2588-4_6
Recommended Citation
Contreras, A. P. (2017). The seas of our insecurity: Ordinary versus state discourses on maritime and human security in the Philippines. Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia: Political Challenges in Asian Waters, 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2588-4_6
Disciplines
Political Science
Keywords
Piracy--Philippines; Human security--Philippines
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