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Floyd, Rita. (2006) Securitization theory and securitization studies. Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol.9 (No.1). pp. 53-61. ISSN 1408-6980

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800072

Abstract

Opposed to the recently fashionable 'moral and ethical' criticism levelled against Ole Wæver's securitization theory this article argues that such criticism fundamentally misconceives the analytical goal of securitization theory, which is namely to offer a tool for practical security analysis. In arguing that being political (critical) on the part of the analyst has no bearing on the type of practical security analysis that can be done using securitization theory, this article proposes that the analytical goal of such criticism and that of securitization theory are incommensurable; in the process rendering obsolete this kind of criticism of securitization theory. By way of reconciling securitization theory with its critics, however, this article takes up Wæver's suggestion of wider securitization studies in which moral and ethical criticism, as well as being political, can play a supplementary role in the analysis of securitization theory.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

J Political Science > JZ International relations

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Wæver, Ole, 1960-, Security, International, Internal security, International relations -- Study and teaching, Political science -- Philosophy

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of International Relations and Development

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

ISSN:

1408-6980

Official Date:

March 2006

Dates:

Date	Event
March 2006	Published

Volume:

Vol.9

Number:

No.1

Page Range:

pp. 53-61

Identification Number:

10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800072

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

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