The Baby Out With the Bathwater! Securitization of Corruption and its Impact on Human Security

In the context of the president's rule in India in 1975, this paper looks at the intersection of political corruption and human security through the lens of the theory of securitization and desecuritization. In this, I study the deeper politics--i.e., the frame of reference of actors--behind the distortions in the civic and political institutions of India. I argue that the securitization of development led to its de-politicization, which in turn negatively impacted human security. In doing so, I arrive at some moral, social-psychological, and cognitive understanding of how not to securitize. The policy implications are towards employing securitization only as a last resort.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Mallick, Shabnam

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mary F. Antolini
• John Sawicki

• corruption
• depoliticization
• emergency
• human security
• india
• securitization

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/861

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1877