Myint Zaw

Bio: Myint Zaw is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cyclone Nargis. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 27 citations.

Re-visiting Cyclone Nargis of Myanmar: vulnerability, resiliency and the dynamics of recovery in the Ayeyarwady Delta

Abstract: but understandable terms, human security allows individuals the pursuit of life, liberty, and both happiness and justice. (p.40) The relationship between the state and the people was redefined by the introduction of the human security approach. Human security as a concept has been successful in challenging the predominant view of treating a military security structure as meeting national security priorities. Sen (2014), argues twenty-first censutry presents ‘both the challenges to security and its protectors’ in a much higher level of complexity (Sen 2014, p.27). Reflecting the realities, Sen concludes that ‘The state remains the fundamental purveyor of security. Yet it often fails to fulfill its security obligations – and at times has even become a source of threat to its own people’ (Sen 2014, p.27). When human security was introduced by the Human Development Report of the UN, it clarified that human security cannot be equated with human development (UNDP 1994). In terms of definition, human development is defined as ‘a process of widening the range of people’s choice’ while the people who live with human security ‘can exercise these choices safely and freely’ and ‘they can be relatively confident that the opportunities they have today are not totally lost tomorrow’ (UNDP 1994, p.23). In this report, the UNDP designates human security into seven categories: ‘economic

What is Narrative Analysis

Abstract: Recording of presentation introducing narrative analysis, outlining what it is, why it can be a useful approach, how to do it and where to find out more. Presentation given at methods@manchester seminar at University of Manchester on 4 March 2010.