Securitising Sikh Bodies - MRes Dissertation
This was my second dissertation for a second Masters. I highlighted the causality that led to securitization. Doing so raises important questions on the stability of legislation and Statist rationality. I received a 1st for this dissertation.
Rather than have this published in a journal behind a paywall that I would never be supported by, I am selling my research directly.
This was my second dissertation for a second Masters. I highlighted the causality that led to securitization. Doing so raises important questions on the stability of legislation and Statist rationality. I received a 1st for this dissertation.
Rather than have this published in a journal behind a paywall that I would never be supported by, I am selling my research directly.
This was my second dissertation for a second Masters. I highlighted the causality that led to securitization. Doing so raises important questions on the stability of legislation and Statist rationality. I received a 1st for this dissertation.
Rather than have this published in a journal behind a paywall that I would never be supported by, I am selling my research directly.
AbstrACT
With developments in securitization studies, Waever (2011) noted that most studies of securitization focus on the process leading up to a particular securitization, leading to an absence of causality. The militant uprising of 1984 in Punjab have not been analyzed by securitization theory, leaving a gap in the literature to fully understand causality. This dissertation sets out to analyze how Sikhs in the Punjab were securitized in 1984 and what the consequences were by using Waever’s (2011) framework to answer the questions “who does what kind of securitization, how, with how much success and what side-effects, and resisted by whom?” It does this by using the Sikh genocide as a case study. To achieve this aim, this study uses qualitative and quantitative as well as primary and secondary data. A purposive sampling method is used to collect speech acts from prominent leaders, as well as policies that were implemented during this time. I analyze the data using a textual and discourse analysis to determine the subtext, symbolism, assumptions, values, and policies revealed by the speeches. The findings illustrate the causality of securitization, delineating the State as the actor that securitized the Sikhs with great success.