Illiberal security practices of liberal states in the post 9/11 era : Aberystwyth & Paris School compared
Author
Türe, Tuğçe
Advisor
Bilgin, Pınar
Date
2012Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The relationship between security and liberty is an issue that has always
attracted scholarly attention. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this issue received a new
lease of life in the literature. This is because some liberal states have increasingly
adopted security practices that are in conflict with liberal principles. These illiberal
practices of liberal states have had implications for non-state referents in the context
of the war on terror. This thesis examines the question of what the implications of the
illiberal security practices of liberal states are for referents other than states in the
context of the war on terror. While examining this question, this thesis adopts a
critical perspective by bringing in the perspectives of the Aberystwyth School and
the Paris School in a comparative manner. It then, examines this question through a
case study on the UK as a liberal state by comparing the perspectives of the
Aberystwyth and Paris Schools. In doing so, it offers the argument that seeing liberty
and security as separate values that are in conflict with each other results in further
insecurity for non-state referents in the context of the war on terror. In this way, this
thesis emphasizes the need for going beyond the balance argument of the relationship
between liberty and security.
Keywords
Critical Security StudiesLiberty
Security
Illiberal Security Practices
Liberal State
9/11
Aberystwyth School
Paris School
The United Kingdom