Securitization Theory and the Canadian Construction of Omar Khadr

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dc.contributor.advisorKeren, Michael
dc.contributor.authorPirnie, Elizabeth Irene
dc.contributor.committeememberSchneider, Barbara
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Gregory
dc.contributor.committeememberWilliamson, Janice
dc.contributor.committeememberHuebert, Robert N.
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-25T18:58:57Z
dc.date.available2018-05-25T18:58:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-18
dc.description.abstractWhile the provision of security and protection to its citizens is one way in which sovereign states have historically claimed legitimacy (Nyers, 2004: 204), critical security analysts point to security at the level of the individual and how governance of a nation’s security underscores the state’s inherently paradoxical relationship to its citizens. Just as the state may signify the legal and institutional structures that delimit a certain territory and provide and enforce the obligations and prerogatives of citizenship, the state can equally serve to expel and suspend modes of legal protection and obligation for some (Butler and Spivak, 2007). This dissertation presents the case of Omar Khadr as a means of highlighting the discursive dynamics by which some threats - and some people - come to be understood under the rubric of ‘security’ and the significance of this naming as an act of national identity construction (Fierke, 2007: 103-104). Demonstrating the insights of new avenues of securitization theory research and the continued real-world relevance of the case, my research looks to the constitutive role of security discourses and constituent acquiescence in determining security realities within the context of a politically unsettled period in Canadian history: 2001 to 2005. The adoption of a securitization theory lens points to key social, historical and political discourses contributing to and challenging Omar Khadr’s nomination for ‘jettisonship’. It also leads me to find his expulsion from Canadian protections and belonging as an emergent phenomenon articulated through discourses of Canadian national identity imposed by both the Canadian state and an acquiescing citizenry. The tracing of these discourses, processes of threat construction and identity contestation present in relief an evolving security dynamic inherent to ideations of citizenship and what it means to be Canadian during a time of national and global insecurity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPirnie, E. I. (2018). Securitization Theory and the Canadian Construction of Omar Khadr (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31940en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31940
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106673
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectsecuritization theory
dc.subjectSecurity
dc.subjectDiscourse Analysis
dc.subjectOmar Khadr
dc.subjectnational identity
dc.subjectcitizenship
dc.subjectnewspaper analysis
dc.subjectpost-9/11 Canada/US relations
dc.subjectCanadian identity
dc.subjectanti-Muslim racism
dc.subject.classificationMass Communicationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationSpeech Communicationen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Canadianen_US
dc.subject.classificationPolitical Science--International Law and Relationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEthnic and Racial Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationSocial Structure and Developmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationSociology--Theory and Methodsen_US
dc.titleSecuritization Theory and the Canadian Construction of Omar Khadr
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication and Media Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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