The Genealogy of National Security Discourse and Intelligence Practices in Canada: Law, Racism and Racialization
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Haseeb, Maseeh
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eng
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National security , Anti-terrorism law , Race , Racism , Racialization , Genealogy , Problematization
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Conventional approaches to security analysis emphasize racialized national security practices within the post 9/11 context, neglecting the genealogical dimension that offers a unique perspective on Canada’s current anti-terrorism laws and intelligence practices. This thesis employs Michel Foucault’s method of genealogy to explore the present history of the Canadian national security discourse, focusing on how the law facilitates the construction and (re)production of racism through security intelligence practices. Genealogy is a critical method that enables a joint philosophical and historical examination of present problems, also referred to as problematization. Canada’s national security discourse has a particular genealogy dating back to the nineteenth century. Most importantly, this study investigates the construction of race within the national security discourse to shed new light on racism and racialization while exploring the legal developments to analyze the gradual shifts in intelligence practices. The research’s central focus is to explore historical events to establish the present link between security and race in Canada. It emphasizes the relationship between the law and the exercise of power through discursive national security and intelligence practices, racializing minority populations such as Arabs and Muslims. A genealogical inquiry is necessary to provide a comprehensive account of continuities, ruptures, and characteristics of security and intelligence practices, thereby addressing a critical lacuna in the existing literature. It also contributes new knowledge to a poorly conceptualized global security problem, which serves as a basis for law and policy reform in Canada and internationally.
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