Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India
Biodiversity conservation is one of the most contentious issues in the Global South, particularly political authority's methods and objectives of managing conservation. This paper studies how political authority deals with biodiversity conservation, and how different stakeholders respond to the...
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| description | Biodiversity conservation is one of the most contentious issues in the Global South, particularly political authority's methods and objectives of managing conservation. This paper studies how political authority deals with biodiversity conservation, and how different stakeholders respond to the conservation policy. In doing so, the study employs the securitization framework and blends it with the Three Streams Model to find out the political authority's securitization process (which is state-driven and top-down). Additionally, Narrative Policy Framework is employed to study the response of stakeholders (primarily local) to the securitization process. Thus, the central objective of the paper is to examine the securitization of the Western Ghats, especially with reference to Kerala, India. Based on the case study, the study finds that audiences in the Global South are capable of opposing securitization of biodiversity. In conjunction with functional actors, audience form assemblages and resist the deployment of extraordinary measures, thereby opposing securitization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b51dfb7c347940a4a96a3e154cf243b62025-07-22T04:13:01ZengElsevierEarth System Governance2589-81162025-08-0125100268Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of IndiaJustin Joseph0Anjan Kumar Sahu1Juha Vuori2Centre for Climate Change and Environment (CCCE), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai Campus-India, 600127, India; Corresponding author.Department of Political Science, University of Allahabad, 211002, IndiaDepartment of Philosophy, Contemporary History, and Political Science, University of Turku, 20014, FinlandBiodiversity conservation is one of the most contentious issues in the Global South, particularly political authority's methods and objectives of managing conservation. This paper studies how political authority deals with biodiversity conservation, and how different stakeholders respond to the conservation policy. In doing so, the study employs the securitization framework and blends it with the Three Streams Model to find out the political authority's securitization process (which is state-driven and top-down). Additionally, Narrative Policy Framework is employed to study the response of stakeholders (primarily local) to the securitization process. Thus, the central objective of the paper is to examine the securitization of the Western Ghats, especially with reference to Kerala, India. Based on the case study, the study finds that audiences in the Global South are capable of opposing securitization of biodiversity. In conjunction with functional actors, audience form assemblages and resist the deployment of extraordinary measures, thereby opposing securitization.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811625000345BiodiversityEnvironmentSecuritizationThree streams modelWestern ghatsKerala |
| spellingShingle | Justin Joseph Anjan Kumar Sahu Juha Vuori Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India Earth System Governance Biodiversity Environment Securitization Three streams model Western ghats Kerala |
| title | Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India |
| title_full | Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India |
| title_fullStr | Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India |
| title_short | Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India |
| title_sort | securitization three streams model and biodiversity in the global south a case study of western ghats of india |
| topic | Biodiversity Environment Securitization Three streams model Western ghats Kerala |
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