The Limits of ‘Securitization
Power, Politics and Process in US Foreign Economic Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6267177 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Phillips (0000-0001-9588-976X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 158-189 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2007.00217.x |
| OpenAlex | W2077181623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
The concept of ‘securitization’ has become particularly influential in the post-9/11 world. This paper aims to scrutinize and, ultimately, reject an emerging set of claims about political economy which draw upon this framework. The contention that US foreign economic policy is increasingly subject to a process of securitization misrepresents the substance of contemporary US foreign policy, the political environment in which it is articulated and the process by which it is made. Pursuing this argument, the paper sets out a framework within which to understand the evolution of contemporary US policy, paying attention to distinctive forms of the economic–security nexus; the form of ‘ad hoc reactivism’ that has consistently characterized US foreign economic policy; the set of commercial and wider economic goals to which policy responds; and the dynamics of competition for leadership in key regions
Argument (complex analysis · Competition (biology · Economic system · Economics · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Securitization · Subject (documents · Finance · Global Security and Public Health · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |