1st Edition

Reconceptualizing Securitization in Afghanistan Ethnicity, Social Identity, and Higher Education post-2001

By Arif Sahar, Christian Kaunert Copyright 2025
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses the securitization of ethnic identities and social groups by the state in Afghanistan in the post-2001 context. Securitization is arguably the most successful theoretical framework to analyse security beyond the military confines. Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the securitization framework has been accused of a Western bias. This book analyses the extent and the... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1: Ontological Securitization in the State of Afghanistan  Chapter 2: Conceptualization of Securitization Processes and Higher Education  Chapter 3: Securitization in Afghanistan  Chapter 4: Desecuritization in Afghanistan  Chapter 5: Deradicalization and Nation-building in Afghanistan  Chapter 6: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan  Conclusion

Biography

Arif Sahar holds a PhD from University College London (UCL) and is a researcher within the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) Institute at Sheffield Hallam University.

Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. He is the author/editor of twenty books, including, most recently, Securitization Outside the West (2022).