Kenya’s Changing Counterterrorism Policy: From the Unsecuritization to the Securitization of Terrorism
Doreen Alusa, November 2019
Summary
This thesis contributes to knowledge in two ways. First, it identifies and expounds on new variables that explain Kenya’s puzzling counterterrorism behavior. Second, this thesis extends literature in securitization studies by explaining how contextual factors can be used to understand both unsecuritization and securitization processes.
Keywords
Securitization of Terrorism, Kenya
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