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 …

My mother and father travelled from Egypt to Britain in 1977, moving from London to Exeter,
a city in the southwest of England, in 1978. My father tells me that when they arrived in …

This paper unpacks the contested inter-connections between neoliberal work and welfare
regimes, asylum and immigration controls, and the exploitation of migrant workers. The …

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 …

Sets out a comprehensive framework of analysis for security studies, examining the
distinctive character and dynamics of security in five sectors: military, political, economic …

This article deals with the question of how migration has developed into a security issue in
western Europe and how the European integration process is implicated in it. Since the …

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 …

This article demonstrates how the work of Pierre Bourdieu offers a productive way to practice
research in international relations. It especially explores the alternatives opened by …

Border control-the effort to restrict territorial access-has long been a core state activity.'As
terri-torially demarcated institutions, states have always imposed entry barriers, whether to …

What implications do emerging spaces, concepts and identities of security have for the
practice of citizenship? This article examines security and citizenship in the UK. As its focus …