The ‘mantra of stability’ versus human security in the post-Soviet space

dc.contributor.authorAvetisyan, Sos
dc.contributor.authorAbrahamyan, Vahan
dc.contributor.authorChobanyan, Marianna
dc.contributor.authorLyabuk, Kostantyn
dc.contributor.authorNabi, Walaga
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-22T15:23:57Z
dc.date.available2018-02-22T15:23:57Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T16:50:18Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractThis article provides an understanding of current human security challenges in the post-Soviet space. Cognisant that such studies are rare, we hope to provide a stepping stone for further theoretical and empirical research. Drawing on comparative case studies of Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the article argues that while securitisation techniques deployed by authoritarian and/or semi-authoritarian regimes vary in scope, degree and targeting, they share two important commonalities with the overarching aim of ensuring regime endurance. First, the exogenous threats, whether real and/or willfully constructed by the ruling regimes, provide a convenient context in the Balzaquian sense to construct effective securitisation acts. Closely related to the first point, the external environment and internal deliberation by ruling elites fuel a specific narrative-constructing strategy of illiberal state-building ideology, which normalises anti-human rights policies in the specific countries. Concurrently, we problematise the traditionalist approach and treat the ‘audience’ as a monolithic and passive entity. Making use of Bourbeau and Vuori's work on resilience, we demonstrate that securitisation is not a straightforward bottom-up process, but also is filtered through societal resistance. Key words: human security; securitisation; democratisation; illiberal statebuildingen_US
dc.identifier.citationS Avetisyan, V Abrahamyan, M Chobanyan, K Lyabuk & W Nabi ‘The ‘mantra of stability’ versus human security in the post-Soviet space’ (2017) 1 Global Campus Human Rights Journal 350 http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/1463
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.gchumanrights.org/handle/20.500.11825/424.2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25330/1463
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Campusen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume;1;2
dc.subjectsocial securityen_US
dc.subjectsecurityen_US
dc.subjectdemocratisationen_US
dc.subjectstate buildingen_US
dc.subjectKyrgyzstanen_US
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectArmeniaen_US
dc.subjectBelarusen_US
dc.subjectauthoritarianismen_US
dc.titleThe ‘mantra of stability’ versus human security in the post-Soviet spaceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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