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Title: Explaining Thailand's Politicised COVID-19 Containment Strategies: Securitisation, Counter-Securitisation, and Re-Securitisation
Authors: Alyssa Gosteli Dela Cruz
Ta Wei Chu
Sung Jae Lee
Chuenthip Nithimasarad
Authors: Alyssa Gosteli Dela Cruz
Ta Wei Chu
Sung Jae Lee
Chuenthip Nithimasarad
Keywords: Social Sciences
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2022
Abstract: We examine the Thai government's politicised COVID-19 containment strategies, which have been challenged by Thai protesters. Although we use securitisation theory as an explanatory framework, we argue that researchers using this theory can explain the issues only if they simultaneously use social-conflict theory to explain the interactions between securitising actors and their audiences. By supplementing securitisation theory with social-conflict theory, we have found that the roles of securitising actors and audiences are not fixed. In our case study of Thailand, the Thai government and protesters have played two roles simultaneously: the role of a securitising actor and the role of an audience. This finding suggests that successful securitisation is impermanent; that is, it is subject to change over time. Securitisation may be successful, but the success can only be temporary because as new actors or resources enter the picture, the previously successful securitisation will, at some point, diminish.
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/73356
ISSN: 18684882
18681034
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