Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation - Hannah Broecker

Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation

An Integrative Model

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
XI, 239 Seiten
2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-16208-4 (ISBN)
128,39 inkl. MwSt

This book offers a model for understanding securitization in terms of hegemonic discourse formations. It re-thinks the very meaning of security as well as the relationship between the understanding of security in traditional and critical approaches in security studies to find a common denominator between them. Deduced firmly from realist political philosophy and its analytic categories, such as state-based sovereignty, security is presented as a function of discursive formations. Providing a sound discourse-theoretical foundation which includes both linguistic and non-linguistic practices as well as a focus on relationships of power, the book offers a basis for the integration of insights generated by the different approaches to securitisation, and enhances the analytical and explanatory depth of the concept.

As part of its theoretical foundation, the book further presents a fundamentally new image of long-standing theoretical and conceptual challenges within speech-act inspired approaches, including the re-formulation of central analytical categories such as the speaker-audience-context nexus. By explaining securitisation as signifying the boundaries of the construction of meaning, it presents an original understanding of securitisation, which is deeply integrated into the structures of the social construction of meaning. On this basis, the book offers a new understanding of successful securitisation factors and insights into aspects that render specific objects more or less likely for securitisation. The book proceeds to discuss two central aspects of the securitisation debate: The constitution of power, as well as an exploration of the nature of the political and politicisation. An empirical case study on the development-security-nexus offers further insights into the applicability of the theoretical model.   

This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science and international relations (IR) interested in a better understanding of IR theory, realism, critical security studies, and discourse analysis.

lt;p>Hannah Broecker is a lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (Germany).  Previously, she has worked and taught on issues of international security studies at the Collaborative Research Centre 'Dynamics of Security' of the Universities Marburg (Germany) and Gießen (Germany), as well as at the University of Stuttgart (Germany). She has also been engaged with issues of international security and development at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF, Germany), the African Development Bank (Uganda), and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (Nigeria and UK).

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. On the Origins and Nature of Meaning.- Chapter 3. Investigating the Meaning of Security.- Chapter 4. Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation.- Chapter 5. The Security-development Nexus.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Contributions to International Relations
Zusatzinfo XI, 239 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 391 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte Development • discourse • Essex School • Geopolitics • global political economy • hegemony • Hobbesian political philosophy • Normative critiques • Paris School • politicisation • post-colonial studies • Post-structuralist perspectives • Realism • security • security-development nexus • Sovereignty • Speech Act Theory • Statehood
ISBN-10 3-031-16208-0 / 3031162080
ISBN-13 978-3-031-16208-4 / 9783031162084
Zustand Neuware
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