Securitization theory seeks to explain the politics through which (1) the security character of
public problems is established,(2) the social commitments resulting from the collective …

This article investigates the evolving security practices of one of the key actors in the
handling of asylum-seekers and migrants at the external borders of the European Union …

First developed by Michel Foucault more than thirty years ago," governmentality" has
become an essential set of tools for many researchers in the social and political sciences …

This book is about securitization as a theory, a policy, and a framework. 1 Since the
publication of Buzan, Wæver and de Wilde's Security: A New Framework for Analysis in …

This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical security studies through a
detailed yet accessible survey of emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains …

Migration is increasingly interpreted as a security problem. The prism of security analysis is
especially important for politicians, for national and local police organizations, the military …

Topologies of Power amounts to a radical departure in the way that power and space have
been understood. It calls into question the very idea that power is simply extended across a …

The expansive understanding of borders and boundaries in recent scholarship has enriched
border studies, but it has also obscured what a border is. This set of interventions is …

The act of violence of 9/11 changed the global security agenda, catapulting terrorism to the
top of the agenda. Weapons of mass destruction grabbed public interest and controlling the …

The prime claim of the theory of securitization is that the articulation of security produces a
specific threatening state of affairs. Within this theory, power is derived from the use of …