Explaining Thailand's Politicised Covid-19 Containment Strategies

Securitisation, Counter-Securitisation, and Re-Securitisation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12952829
AutoresAngelyn Dela Cruz (0000-0002-8513-6542, Chiang Mai University), Ta‐Wei Chu (0000-0003-2124-6424, Chiang Mai University, autor correspondente), Sung Jae Lee (0000-0002-8094-3740, Chiang Mai University), Chuenthip Nithimasarad (Chiang Mai University)
Ano2022
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas378-398
Data de publicação2022-05-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1868-1034 • E-ISSN: 1868-4882
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/18681034221099303
OpenAlexW4229450934
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas41

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

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Securitization · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Security and Public Health · Peacebuilding and International Security