Conceptualizing Power in Dynamics of Securitization

Prof. Dr. Regina Kreide; Prof. Dr. Andreas Langenohl

doi:10.5771/9783845293547

Summary

This volume addresses the ‘question of power’ in current constructivist securitisation studies. How can power relations that affect security and insecurity be analysed from both a transdisciplinary and historical point of view? The volume brings together contributions from history, art history, political science, sociology, cultural anthropology and law in order to determine the role of conceptions of power in securitisation studies, which has tended to be dealt with implicitly thus far. Using conceptual theoretical essays and historical case studies that cover the period from the 16th to the 21st century, this book portrays the dominant paradigms of critical security studies, which mostly stem from the field of international relations and see the state as a major focal point in securitisation, in a new light.

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Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5158-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9354-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Politiken der Sicherheit | Politics of Security
Volume: 5
Language: English
Pages: 400
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 6 Download chapter (PDF)
Andreas Langenohl, Regina Kreide Download chapter (PDF)
1. Contextualization and outline of the volume
2. Part I – Conceptualizing the power dimensions of securitization
3. Part II – Historical and contemporary manifestations of the power dynamics in securitization
4. References
1. Andreas Langenohl Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Introduction
  2. 1. 1.1 “Copenhagen, Paris, Aberystwyth”: Three interventions into realist International Relations
    2. 1.2 The ‘audience’ disputes
    3. 1.3 Securitization: Authorization/legitimation and effectiveness
  3. 1. 2.1 The preoccupation with relations between polities
    2. 2.2 The preoccupation with strategic agency
    3. 2.3 Notions of the political
    4. 2.4 Conceptions of power
  4. 1. 3.1 Norbert Elias’s relational model of power
    2. 3.2 An analytical matrix of power in securitization
    3. 3.3 A typology of power in securitization
  5. 4 Conclusion: Paradoxes of power in securitization
  6. References
2. Regina Kreide Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Borders
  2. 2 In favor of closed borders
  3. 3 Securitization of migration to Europe
  4. 4 Securitization within Europe
  5. 5 The power to (de-)securitize
  6. 6 Conclusion
  7. References
3. Hannah Broecker, Carola Westermeier Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Introduction
  2. Hegemony according to Laclau and Mouffe
  3. The signifier ‘security’
  4. ‘Lack’ in securitization and hegemonic analysis
  5. The power to securitize and Speech Act Theory in Copenhagen
  6. The analytical category of ‘success’
  7. Audience
  8. State-centrism
  9. ‘Financial stability’ – The referent object and empty signifier
  10. Securitization of finance – The referent object of financial stability
  11. Expert discourses and the hegemony of ‘financial stability’
  12. Instability of the empty signifier
  13. The powerless securitizer? Controlling the effects of securitization
  14. References
4. Carola Dietze Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Historical Perspectives on Legitimacy and Security
  3. 3 Legitimacy and the emergence of terrorism in nineteenth century Europe, Russia and the United States. A Case Study
  4. 4 Conclusion
  5. References
1. Katharina Krause Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Rule over the city and its environs
  2. Internal security through external security – The ruling Council’s image of Nürnberg
  3. Pastoral ambivalence – The cultural elite’s image of Nürnberg
  4. Modes of presentation
  5. Concordia
  6. Stability: The power of securitization
  7. References
2. Christine Krüger, Friedrich Lenger Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 The camp of confrontation
  2. 2 The camp of dialogue
  3. 3 The organized working classes
  4. 4 Security policies
  5. 5 Conclusion
  6. 6 Epilogue
  7. References
3. Thilo Marauhn, Marie-Christin Stenzel Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. 1.1 Background: Building blocks of collective security
    2. 1.2 Old and new narratives about security
    3. 1.3 How does (Public International) Law fit in?
  2. 1. 2.1 Law as an argument of power
    2. 2.2 Law as a limitation of power
    3. 2.3 From national to collective security – from coordination to cooperation
  3. 1. 3.1 Ius in bello
    2. 3.2 Ius ad bellum
    3. 3.3 Commonalities: the importance of collective approaches
  4. 1. 4.1 Using law to de-construct power
    2. 4.2 Using security to limit war
    3. 4.3 Who decides?
  5. 5 The juridification-securitization interface
  6. References
4. Maria Ketzmerick Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 State building, Power, and Security within Historical Approaches
  3. 3 Theoretical Reflections: Securitization Framework and the Configuration of Power
  4. 1. 4.1 Background
    2. 4.2 A Configuration of Securitizing Actors
    3. 4.3 The Creation of the Referent Object – Protection of Cameroun’s Public Order
    4. 4.2 Camerouns’ Future as Referent Object: Countersecuritization by the U.P.C.
  5. 5 Discussion and Conclusion
  6. References
5. Sebastian Haus Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Securitizing junkies: framings of heroin use in the 1970s and 1980s
  3. 3 Spatial control and involuntary commitment: practices against heroin users around 1980
  4. 4 Challenging ‘security’: shifting power relations in the context of the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic
  5. 5 Making the case for survival: the establishment of harm reduction policies, 1988-1991
  6. 6 “All of Frankfurt will be a drug scene”: politicized junkies, urban security and the dissolution of the heroin scene in 1992
  7. 7 Conclusion
  8. References
6. Ana Ivasiuc Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Roots of insecurity: The fixity of nomadism
  2. Reassembling (in)security: Networks of mediators
  3. The power of materiality and the materiality of power
  4. References
List of ContributorsPages 395 - 400 Download chapter (PDF)