The politics of insecurity
Subtitle: fear, migration, and asylum in the EU
By: Jef Huysmans.
Series: The new international relations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Security, International -- European Union countries; National security -- European Union countries; Asylum, Right of -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Description: "In this volume, Jef Huysmans critically engages with theoretical developments in international relations and security studies to develop a fresh conceptual framework for studying security." "Huysmans 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. Huysmans examines the processes of securitization and explores how an issue, on the basis of the distribution and administration of fear, becomes a security policy. Applying this theory, he then provides a detailed analysis of migration, asylum and refuge in the European Union."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.