CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Miller, Kelsey Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| Title | PERCEPTIONS OF THREAT AND SCARCITY: REVISITING THE DOMINANT THEORIES OF WATER CONFLICT THROUGH SECURITIZATION |
| Summary | In and of themselves, the dominant conflict theories of water war or water rationality suggest that all water conflict will fall neatly into one of these categories, in that the outcome will either be violence or not. However, the threats states may perceive in relation to their scarcity are not as objective as prevailing analysis suggest. Specifically in reference to water, scarcity can mean different things and be elevated to different levels of existential threat. Therefore, by looking at situations of water conflict through a more constructivist approach, securitization of different scarcity threats will show that in certain cases outcomes may lean more toward ‘water war’ theories or water rational ones. |
| Supervisor | Paul Roe |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/miller_kelsey.pdf |
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