CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Ignjatijevic, Marija |
|---|---|
| Title | Who Else Speaks Security? Securitizing Actors during the Libyan Uprising |
| Summary | Securitization theory has been one of the most influential frameworks for analysis of security issues during the past few decades within the wave of the so called “critical approaches to security”. The original concept has undergone a number of criticisms and revisions, however, there are still certain issues that deserve further addressing. Namely, the notion of securitizing actors beyond political elites and moreover, within a non-democratic setting, has been underdeveloped. Furthermore, the question of applicability of the traditional ordinary/extraordinary politics distinction in the case of non-state actors, has not been sufficiently elaborated. Since weak states are more prone to revolutionary crises, and consequently, emergence of different types of actors, the case of Libyan uprising in 2011 was chosen to investigate these conceptual gaps. Thus, the aim of this research was to examine whether UN Security Council and Libyan rebels can actually be considered securitizing actors, with the particular focus on the notion of “extraordinary measures”. General conclusion derived after the analysis, is that securitization theory is indeed relevant in examining revolutions, however it needs a slightly different perspective in order to grasp all the features of such a context. |
| Supervisor | Roe, Paul |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/ignjatijevic_marija.pdf |
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