.
Human Security
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_003 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Police Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Stivrenieks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Law Enforcement Agencies, Human Rights. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquaint students with phenomena and processes that endanger human security. During the course, special attention will be paid to the problems of identifying various threats to human security, promoting acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, exploring anti-social processes and phenomena in Latvia and abroad. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | What is human security? History and evolution of human security in the world. The role of the UNO in the evolution of human security and international activities. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Evolution of human security in Latvia. Human rights as a key element of human security evolution in Latvia. Management of human security in a crisis situation. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Human security in risk society. Human security and the work of law enforcement agencies in Latvia. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Social human security. Human security at community level and in non-governmental organisations. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | What is human security? History and evolution of human security in the world. The role of the UNO in the evolution of human security and international activities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Evolution of human security in Latvia. Human rights as a key element of human security evolution in Latvia. Management of human security in a crisis situation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Human security in risk society. Human security and the work of law enforcement agencies in Latvia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Social human security. Human security at community level and in non-governmental organisations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent study of literature. Carrying out a research project on human security issues that a student presents in a class. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final assessment consists of a well-designed and defended research work in the field of human security (50%) and an examination (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Acquired theoretical knowledge of threats to human security, their types and prevention measures. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Acquired skills to detect threats to human security and risk factors; to identify methods, means and techniques for ensuring security. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Scientific and practical motivation has been strengthened in order to identify the risk factors of human security threats and the skills have been developed to ensure security. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cilvēkdrošība Latvijā un pasaulē: no idejas līdz praksei. Rakstu krājums Žanetes Ozoliņas redakcijā. Rīga, Zinātne, 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Cilvēkdrošības definīcijas un dimensijas. Skatīt: http://www.un.lv/files/2001/1nod.pdf | ||||||||
| 3 | Cilvēkdrošība - jauns jēdziens ienāk Latvijā. Māra Sīmane. Skatīt: http://www.politika.lv/index.php?id=3282 | ||||||||
| 4 | Drošības rokasgrāmata jeb ko rīdzieniekiem nepieciešams zināt par personīgo un sava īpašuma drošību. Rīga, Rīgas Austrumu izpilddirekcija. Satādītājs J.Galakrodznieks, 2011.// http://www.rigasaustrumi.lv/Dokumenti/faili/Projekts_droshi…. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Anita Kalniņa, Vladimirs Meņšikovs „Cilvēkdrošība Latvijā” Rīga: UNDP. 2002. 38.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ilona Kuņicka „Baltijas reģiona valstu ekonomiskās drošības reitings”. Globalizācijas tendences pasaulē un Baltijas reģiona valstu problēmas. Daugavpils universitāte. 2005. | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvija. Pārskats par tautas attīstību 2002/2003. Cilvēkdrošība”. Rīga: UNDP. 2003. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ludmila Jadčenko „Valsts ekonomiskās drošības indikatoru prognozēšanas matemātiskais modelis”: Promocijas darbs. Rīga: Latvijas Universitātes Ekonomikas nodaļa. 2006. | ||||||||
| 5 | Žanete Ozoliņa, Ivars Dukāts „Indivīda drošība globalizācijas un reģionalizācijas procesu kontekstā”. Rīga: UNDP. 2002. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Globālie ekoloģiskās drošības riski, http://www.un.lv/files/2001/Ozolina.pdf | ||||||||
| 2 | Nacionālais attīstības plāns 2014. – 2020. gadam//.www.nap.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | 17. A secure Europe in a better world – the European security strategy. Approved by the European Council held in Brussels on 12 December 2003 and drafted under the responsibilities of the EU High Representative JAVIER SOLANA - http://www.consilium.eu | ||||||||
| 4 | The Union has decided to develop the civilian aspects of crisis management in four priority areas defined by the Feira European Council in June 2000: police, strengthening of the rule of law, strengthening civilian administration and civil protection. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/Background_… | ||||||||
