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

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 modalities and practices of the securitization of ethnic identities and social groups (e.g. women) by the s...