Kahn, Sabrina (A.A. 2024/2025) The price of peace: balancing security and liberty under El Salvador’s territorial control plan and state of exception. Tesi di Laurea in Security policies, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Carlo Magrassi, pp. 78. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Literature review and theoretical framework. Historical context: origins of insecurity and criminal gangs. Security strategies: key concepts and theoretical approaches. Framing insecurity: securitization and gangs as “terrorist”/hybrid threats. Drivers of gang adhesion and membership in El Salvador. Methodology. Case selection and research design (qualitative case study). Data and sources. Operationalization: indicators of security outcomes vs. civil liberties. Empirical chapters: El Salvador’s security model under Bukele. The Territorial control plan (TCP): objectives, phases and implementation. The State of exception: legal basis, instruments and institutionalism. Civil liberties and human rights concerns: patterns and documented allegations. Ethical and democratic trade-offs. Punitive populism, the media and fear-based politics. The aftermath: normalization and institutionalization of emergency measures. Policy recommendations. Prioritized and concrete recommendations. Exit strategy benchmarks and pathways.

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Bibliografia: pp. 72-77.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Security policies
Thesis Supervisor:	Magrassi, Carlo
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Guida, Alessandro
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2026 10:26
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2026 10:26
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46263

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