CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Amjad, Amnah |
|---|---|
| Title | Securitization of Continuous Threat - Case of Pakistan's Decision to Enact National Action Plan as Counter-terrorism Strategy |
| Summary | The securitization theory has gone through many revisions since its inception; however, much of the contribution in the field of securitization has been done in understanding securitization process where threat has been discontinuous in nature. There has been limited scholarship available in understanding the securitization of continuous threat. While the Copenhagen School does put forth the concept of institutionalized securitization where response to a recurrent threat becomes institutionalized in the form of establishment of military or bureaucracy; however, it does not elaborate on how the whole process of securitization unfolds when the nature of the threat is recurrent or continuous. The thesis aims to analyze intersubjective relationship between the actor and the audience over time and argues that securitization of continuous threat may not necessarily end in institutionalize form. The securitization process continues till security framing and contestation to adopt the means to deal with the threat are intersubjectively established among the actor and the audience. The case of securitization of terrorism in Pakistan is chosen to illustrate how securitization process unfolded when the continuous threat of terrorism became an existential threat to the state of Pakistan. By analyzing the intersubjective relationship between the government of Pakistan and the Parliament for the adoption and renewal of the National Action Plan (NAP) as counter-terrorism strategy, the thesis illustrates that securitization of terrorism did not end in institutionalized form. While terrorism remained existential threat, the Parliament contested the renewal of NAP and in fact, proposed amendments to ensure that NAP does not become normalized or institutionalized. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/amjad_amnah.pdf |
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