State Hegemony In Global Civil Society: The Articulation Of Indonesia's Ecpat Hegemony In The Process Of Securitization Of Child Sexual Exploitation
Journal: Journal Of World Science
Year: 2024

The process of securitization of anti-child sexual exploitation norms (anti-ESA) carried out by ECPAT Indonesia relies on two hegemonic discourses, namely the global hegemonic discourse on children's rights and the political discourse on state hegemony. Looking at using the Securitization Theory, this study finds that ECPAT Indonesia disseminates the ESA threat to the local community as a securitization audience but without conducting equivalent socialization. This inequality arises due to the s