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The Democratic Securitization of Climate Change in India

Bibliographic Data

ID6041071
AuthorsAnjan Kumar Sahu (0009-0004-3414-9775, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume11
Issue3
Pages438-460
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12481
OpenAlexW2969908188
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited50

The concept of democratic securitization is an attempt to revise the theory of securitization. The theory has been widely criticized due to securitization theorists' predilection for undemocratic, elite‐driven, and illegal methods for addressing urgent threats. Such methods rely on the survival of an “issue,” including climate change. Discourses of threat and elite‐driven climate change policy are the accepted norms in the Indian political establishment, but such undemocratic processes and the exclusion of certain stakeholders in the policy processes are not appropriate for a democratic country like India. The alternative concept of democratic securitization of climate change policy seeks primarily to expand the concept of “audience” in the negotiation process in the climate change discourse in India. It also demonstrates how democratic engagement and the sharing of climate change knowledge can provide valuable insights into climate policy

Climate change · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Securitization · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Finance

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year1,57
Citation span2019 - 2025 (7)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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