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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. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800072
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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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.9 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 53-61 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800072 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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