A CONCEPTUAL EXAMINATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE SECURITY APPROACH AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

This study examines conceptually the relationship between sustainable security approach and public administration. Sustainable security represents the latest approach to security understanding within sustainable development policy which establishes a causality relationship between security and development. According to sustainable security approach, the focus should be on developmental and environmental root causes that undermine security conditions of individuals and communities, rather than on merely security issues and the state. In this respect, sustainable security approach contends that national security paradigm and pertinent security organization should change accordingly. The study first examines sustainable security approach drawing upon pertinent literature and policy documents. Then it discusses its implications for public administration. In this context, as an emerging security approach, sustainable security points to a long-reaching security organization in public administration, which relies on strategic management and foresight, and where coordination and policy coherence come to forefront. It can be asserted that sustainable security organization will be shaped by a public policy process which is multidisciplinary and integrated, in addition to the balances between effectiveness and accountability as well as between short-term and long-term. It is likely that a relevant security ethics will emerge and the relationships of both “economics-security” and “urbanization-security” as well as urban security policies will come to the fore