Transnational securitisation of identity

Distinctions between securitisation and ‘othering’ of Shias in Bahrain and Pakistan

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ID13006282
AutoresHasan Hafidh (0000-0002-8636-3325, King's College London, autor correspondente), Maryyum Mehmood (University of Oxford)
Ano2019
Volume9
Fascículo4
Páginas679-697
Data de publicação2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Discourse (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2043-7897 • E-ISSN: 2326-9995
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/204378919x15718899241723
OpenAlexW2995521248
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas20

This paper aims to shed light on the phenomenon of transnational securitisation of identity and how it influences state-level securitisation and communal ‘othering’. We propose a more nuanced understanding of state-societal relations by viewing ‘othering’ as a by-product of various types of securitisation of identities, as opposed to the normative assumption within existing scholarship that applies these concepts interchangeably. This provides a more discernible lens through which certain cultural processes of discrimination are articulated, manifest and evaluated. The basis for our analysis is presented by comparing the persecution levelled against Shia communities within Bahrain and Pakistan, respectively. In the case of Bahrain, transnational securitisation amplifies pre-existing state securitisation, with external agents – in this context, Saudi Arabia – harnessing the hard power tactic of military intervention, as witnessed during the 2011 uprisings. Whereas in the case of Pakistan, transnational securitisation is performed by utilising soft power mechanisms, namely the legacy of petro-dollar wealth that has been used as a form of extremist proselytisation. The proliferation of jihadist non-state actors that pose an existential threat to Shia communities in Pakistan in recent years is a testament to this. In this way, the process bypasses state institutions to induce bottom-up, communal ‘othering’

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