Securitization and the Construction of Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6060751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt Mcdonald (0000-0001-6636-2731, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 563-587 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0661 • E-ISSN: 1460-3713 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354066108097553 |
| OpenAlex | W2156829840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 372 |
| References cited | 46 |
Those interested in the construction of security in contemporary international politics have increasingly turned to the conceptual framework of `securitization'. This article argues that while an important and innovative contribution, the securitization framework is problematically narrow in three senses. First, the form of act constructing security is defined narrowly, with the focus on the speech of dominant actors. Second, the context of the act is defined narrowly, with the focus only on the moment of intervention. Finally, the framework of securitization is narrow in the sense that the nature of the act is defined solely in terms of the designation of threats. In outlining this critique, the article points to possibilities for developing the framework further as well as for the need for those applying it to recognize both limits of their claims and the normative implications of their analysis. I conclude by pointing to how the framework might fit within a research agenda concerned with the broader construction of security
Conceptual framework · Critical security studies · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Network security policy · Normative · Political science · Politics · Securitization · Security studies · Social science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Finance
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Political ecology of security
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Afterword
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The Pandemic of Argumentation
Discourse, Language, and Grand Strategy
Securitization
Translations of Security
Securitization Outside the West
Securitized Borderlands
The Origins of the Syrian Conflict
From ‘Securitization’ of Climate Change to ’Climatization‘ of the Security Field
Reframing health security
The Evolution of International Security Studies
Houses built on sand
Jumping the queue? The queue-jumping metaphor in Australian press discourse on asylum seekers
The Politics of Exceptionalism
Whom You Don't Know, You Don't Trust
Securitization between Narrative and Practice
Beyond securitization
Understanding Securitization Success
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Spiraling toward a New Cold War in the North? The Effect of Mutual and Multifaceted Securitization
The Securitization of Civil Society in Conflict Zones
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Representations of refugees and asylum seekers during the 2013 federal election
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Fear of Others
Desecuritización y securitización del narcotráfico en el marco del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia
Bandas dentro, bandas fuera. (Des)securitización versus punitivismo de las organizaciones juveniles de calle en España, Ecuador y El Salvador
Nancy Pelosi̇’ni̇n Tayvan Zi̇yareti̇
Civilian knowledge industries and the ascendance of small and medium-sized states in world politics
Others as Security Threats
Securitizing the French other
From Rhetoric to Reality
From speech act to security regime
Menschheit als Argument. Politisches Handeln angesichts existenzieller Risiken
Progressive and Regressive Securitisation
State, Society and Environmental Security in International Relations Theory
A Frente Patriótica Unida
Geopolitisk uro og sikkerhetskultur i kunnskapssektoren – noen spørsmål
‘They Are All the Same’
De-securitisation and Pragmatism in the Persian Gulf
Theorising from Beirut’s Southern Suburbs
The Banality of Normalisation
The securitization of the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece
Securitization and Desecuritization of Migration in Indonesia
Kada publika postane sekuritizujući akter
Managing the proliferation of small arms and light weapons for Nigeria’s national security
False reasoning and argumentation in the Twitter discourse of the Prime Minister of Israel
EU conditionality and desecuritization nexus in Turkey
Grammar, context and power
Securitization and digital diplomacy
Who secures whom? Feminist counter-securitisation in Turkey’s gender politics
History-writing in Turkey through securitization discourses and gendered narratives
Australia, Korea and the entangled language of common strategic interests
Vietnam’s Securitisation of Cybersecurity Under the Influence of a Rising China
The securitization of health in the Trump era
The gates of hell’
Securitization in the Shadow of Armed Conflict
Proxy Games and Freezing Conflict
Audience agency in a curious instance of failed securitization
Conceptual Notes on Energy Security
Securitizing the Muslim Brotherhood
Vernacular theories of everyday (in)security
Securitization of the unemployed and counter-conductive resistance in Tunisia
Questioning security devices
Performing security absent the state
WHO decides on the exception? Securitization and emergency governance in global health
The undersecuritization of Covid-19 in Japan
Agents without agency
A Timely Prophet? The Doomsday Clock as a Visualization of Securitization Moves with a Global Referent Object
How to do things with silence
Securitizing Zika
Energy securitization and desecuritization in the New Middle East
Archiving as embodied research and security practice
How far does ‘societal security’ travel? Securitization in South African immigration policies
Towards theorizing from the Arab non-periphery
Video, algorithms and security
Is securitization a ‘negative’ concept? Revisiting the normative debate over normal versus extraordinary politics
I am somewhat puzzled’
Tracing and explaining securitization
Failure and critique in critical security studies
From securitization moves to positive outcomes
Security, the translation
Securitization and counter-securitization in Afghanistan
Theories, methods and practices – a longitudinal spatial analysis of the (de)securitization of the insurgency threat in Russia
Yeah, this one will be a good one’, or Tacit knowledge, prophylaxis and the border
The ‘human’ as referent object
Concepts of politics in securitization studies
When Security Speech Acts Misfire
Securitization as a causal mechanism
People, States and Fear
Critical Security Studies and World Politics
How the West Was One
Security, Identity and Interests
Security, Strategy, and Critical Theory
Security
The Politics of Insecurity
Securitizing Iraq
Security and the democratic scene
Securitization theory and securitization studies
Environment and security
Asylum-seekers and the insecurity of a nation
The Copenhagen School on Tour in Kyrgyzstan
Securitization and Minority Rights
Critical Approaches to Security in Europe
Post-Copenhagen Security Studies
Photographic Interventions in Post-9/11 Security Policy
Asean and the securitization of transnational crime in Southeast Asia
The Little Mermaid's Silent Security Dilemma and the Absence of Gender in the Copenhagen School
The Securitization of Migration in Western Societies
Blair's Africa
Modernity, identity and security
Identity and security
Environment and Security
Securitization or Securing Rights? Exploring the Conceptual Foundations of Policies towards Minorities and Migrants in Europe
European Security Identities
Should HIV/Aids Be Securitized? The Ethical Dilemmas of Linking HIV/Aids and Security
Words, Images, Enemies
How the West was One
Minding Exceptions
Immigration and the politics of security
The Study of Discourse in International Relations
Illocutionary Logic and Strands of Securitization
The Three Faces of Securitization
Towards a Theory of Securitization
Constructing National Interests
Revisiting Copenhagen
Security and Immigration
Governing Terrorism Through Risk
Constructing Insecurity
People, states and fear
| Unique citing works | 372 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 21,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 365 |