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När varje barn blev en säkerhetsfråga: Kinas biopolitiska dilemma

Wigh, Thea LU (2025) STVK04 20242
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate how the case of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) legitimized the one child policy. Using the Copenhagen School's securitization theory, it examines how the Chinese Communist Party legitimized the policy as an emergency measure through rhetorical constructions of population growth as a threat to the country's economic and social stability. By analyzing speech acts and the conflicts that arose between different actors in the implementation of the policy, the study highlights how governance through biopolitics and securitization enabled an authoritarian control of the population. This is linked to a critical understanding of how security and power through biopolitics are not only about protecting a state,... (More)
This paper aims to investigate how the case of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) legitimized the one child policy. Using the Copenhagen School's securitization theory, it examines how the Chinese Communist Party legitimized the policy as an emergency measure through rhetorical constructions of population growth as a threat to the country's economic and social stability. By analyzing speech acts and the conflicts that arose between different actors in the implementation of the policy, the study highlights how governance through biopolitics and securitization enabled an authoritarian control of the population. This is linked to a critical understanding of how security and power through biopolitics are not only about protecting a state, but also about defining, shaping and controlling the population that constitutes it. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of China's population policy as an example of macro-control and governmentality according to Foucault's theory, while also highlighting how security and control interact in authoritarian regimes. (Less)
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author
Wigh, Thea LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20242
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Säkerhetisering, Ettbarnspolitik, Kina, Köpenhamnskolan, Befolkningsdynamik, Foucault, Bionationalism
language
Swedish
id
9179394
date added to LUP
2025-03-04 12:55:11
date last changed
2025-03-04 12:55:11
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  abstract     = {{This paper aims to investigate how the case of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) legitimized the one child policy. Using the Copenhagen School's securitization theory, it examines how the Chinese Communist Party legitimized the policy as an emergency measure through rhetorical constructions of population growth as a threat to the country's economic and social stability. By analyzing speech acts and the conflicts that arose between different actors in the implementation of the policy, the study highlights how governance through biopolitics and securitization enabled an authoritarian control of the population. This is linked to a critical understanding of how security and power through biopolitics are not only about protecting a state, but also about defining, shaping and controlling the population that constitutes it. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of China's population policy as an example of macro-control and governmentality according to Foucault's theory, while also highlighting how security and control interact in authoritarian regimes.}},
  author       = {{Wigh, Thea}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{När varje barn blev en säkerhetsfråga: Kinas biopolitiska dilemma}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}