| The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU Contributor(s): Huysmans, Jef (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415361249 ISBN-13: 9780415361248 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: 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 framework for studying security. He argues that security policies and responses do not appear out of the blue, but are part of a continuous and gradual process, pre-structured by previous developments. He examines this process of securitization and explores how an issue, on the basis of the distribution and administration of fear, becomes a security policy. Huysmans then applies this theory to provide a detailed analysis of migration, asylum and refuge in the European Union. This theoretically sophisticated, yet accessible volume, makes an important contribution to the study of security, migration and European politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control |
| Dewey: 325.4 |
| LCCN: 2005021042 |
| Series: New International Relations |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (1.02 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 framework for studying security. He argues that security policies and responses do not appear out of the blue, but are part of a continuous and gradual process, pre-structured by previous developments. He examines this process of securitization and explores how an issue, on the basis of the distribution and administration of fear, becomes a security policy. Huysmans then applies this theory to provide a detailed analysis of migration, asylum and refuge in the European Union. This theoretically sophisticated, yet accessible volume, makes an important contribution to the study of security, migration and European politics. |