International development: making sense of a changing world

International development: making sense of a changing world

Question 1
According to Iris Marion Young, security has been associated with ‘a logic of masculinist protection’, and ‘the subordinate relation of those in the protected position’ (quoted in Aradau, 2013, p. 92). Using the PASH elements of scale and power/agency, critically evaluate the evidence for such a characterisation of security, and the extent to which security is compatible with development.
You should choose one of the prize acceptance speeches referenced below, i.e. Right Livelihood Award: Acceptance Speech
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] by Medha Patkar (1991) or Nobel Lecture by Malala Yousafzai (2014), to use as evidence in support of your arguments.
The word limit for your answer is 1500 words. Answers in excess of this word limit may lose marks: see the TD223 Assessment Guide for more information. Your reference list at the end of your essay is not included in the overall word count, although in-text citations are included.
(100 marks)
References
Aradau, C. (2013) ‘Human security and human development in a world of states’, in Butcher, M. and Papaioannou, T. (eds), New Perspectives in International Development, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
Prize acceptance speeches:
Patkar, Medha, 1991, Right Livelihood Award: Acceptance Speech, Badwani, India: Narmada – Ashish. Available at: http://www.rightlivelihood.org/ narmada_speech.html (accessed 4 August 2015).
Yousafzai, Malala, 2014, Nobel Lecture, Stockholm: The Nobel Foundation. Available at: http://www.nobelprize.org/ nobel_prizes/ peace/ laureates/ 2014/ yousafzai-lecture_en.html (accessed 4 August 2015).