Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20901/pp.12.1.04
Securitization of the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020 electoral campaign in Serbia
Jovana Čolić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-5499
; Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Abstract
The subject of this paper is the use of the securitization of the pandemic by the ruling political elites for the purpose of acquiring political points in the election campaign in Serbia in 2020, as well as the consequences of the process. Thus, the analysis offers a different perspective for observing the manipulation during the campaign of the bureaucrats by using analytical framework of the securitization theory, with the addition of framing theory. In that way, from the analytical point of view, one will process all the basic elements of the securitization of the pandemic, while the normative part will serve to examine the ethics, respecting the justification of the securitization. By applying the discourse analysis, a conclusion was reached that securitization of the pandemic was in the function of promoting the leaders and ruling political party in Serbia and not the actual fight for the safety of citizens.
Keywords
war; invisible enemy; opposition; electoral campaign; pandemic; Covid-19
Hrčak ID:
279291
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Publication date:
20.6.2022.
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