When Dissent Is Treated as a Threat
Introducing Dissent as Threat: Neha Bora, Gender and the Securitisation of Youth Protest in South Asia
Some questions in security studies sound abstract until you ask who they affect. When does disagreement stop being politics and start being treated as a danger? Who decides? And does it matter who is doing the disagreeing?
These questions are at the centre of my new book, Dissent as Threat: Neha Bora, Gender and the Securitisation of Youth Protest in South Asia, now available in print and ebook.
Why this book
“Securitisation” is the process by which an issue is moved out of ordinary political debate and framed as an urgent threat, one that can justify exceptional responses. When that happens to protest, the consequences reach well beyond the individuals involved. It changes how young people, in particular, are seen by the state, by the media and by the public.
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This book looks at that process in South Asia, through the lens of gender, and builds the study around the case of Neha Bora.
Who it is for
- Students and scholars of security studies, South Asian politics and gender studies
- Researchers working on protest, civil liberties and state responses to dissent
- Journalists, policy readers and anyone curious about how the language of “security” shapes public life
Get the book
- Ebook: https://books2read.com/u/mKalE9
- Print ISBN: 9798237883725
- Ebook ISBN: 9798235780088
About the author
Dr Naim Tahir Baig writes on security studies and South Asia.
