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The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU book cover

1st Edition

The Politics of Insecurity Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU

By Jef Huysmans Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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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 free movement of people became a national security priority. In this volume, Jef Huysmans critically engages with theoretical developments in international relations and security studies to develop a conceptual... Read more

1. Politics of Insecurity, Technology and the Political 2. Security Framing: The Question of the Meaning of Security 3. Displacing the Spectre of the State in Security Studies: From Referent Objects to Techniques of Government 4. Securitizing Migration: Freedom from Existential Threats and the Constitution of Insecure Communities 5. European Integration and Societal Insecurity 6. Freedom and Security in the EU: A Foucaultian View on Spill-Over 7. Migration, Securitization and the Question of Political Community in the EU 8. De-Securitizing Migration: Security Knowledge and Concepts of the Political Bibliography

Biography

Jef Huysmans

'Emphasising the sociological nature of security analysis, this book advances a political-sociology theoretical understanding in security studies while at the same time making a substantial empirical contribution.'

- Gulf Research Center Book Review

'Jef Huysmans has opened up the whole area of societal security to a deeper and more detailed scrutiny than it has been given before.'

- Dr Klejda Mulaj, Senior Researcher

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