Chống dịch như chống giặc’ (‘Fighting the pandemic like fighting the invader’)
Audience agency and historical resources in Vietnam’s early securitisation of Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11425616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xuan Dung Phan (0000-0001-9139-8859, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute), Quah Say Jye (0000-0002-5249-0465, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Minh Son To (0000-0002-7762-815X, Nanyang Technological University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1023-1044 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2105 • E-ISSN: 1469-9044 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0260210523000529 |
| OpenAlex | W4388046796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Vietnam’s initial response to Covid-19 was conspicuous for various reasons, including how its attempt at securitisation drew deeply from historical narratives, symbols, and traditions specific to the Vietnamese experience, as well as how the securitisation project was not simply top-down and state-driven but also featured ground-up participation where the public was mobilised to participate in and actively reiterate securitisation practices. This richly textured empirical case study of the workings of Vietnamese society and politics represents an invitation to explore key debates surrounding securitisation theory. Reflecting on the empirical material of the case, this paper builds on scholarship seeking to highlight the shortcomings of the Copenhagen School’s model of securitisation and from there further explore securitisation theory and its limits. It takes aim at how the audience and its agency is conceptualised in the theory and develops the notions of ‘historical resources’ and ‘activation architecture’ to more adequately explain the processes of securitisation
Agency (philosophy · Art · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Vietnamese · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |