Security and Political Discourse : How Does the Naming of Challenges As a Security Issue Determine Political Practice? / Paulina Polko.

“Contents” -- “Figures and Tables” -- “Abbreviations” -- “Introduction: Security as a Category Shaping Political Discourse” -- “Chapter 1 Securitization, Riskification, Discourse” -- “1 Security Definition and Its Evolution” -- “2 From Realism to Constructivism: the Copenhagen School and the End of the Cold War: Security as a New Black” -- “3 From Threat to Risk: Riskification as Securitization 2.0” -- “Chapter 2 Security Discourse Research – Methodological Aspects” -- “1 Political Discourse and Its Securitization” -- “2 Organization of Research into Political Discourse” -- “3 Quantitative Analysis of Speeches of Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers” -- “Chapter 3 Military Security Discourse” -- “1 Discourse on Army and Military Spendings” -- “2 Discourse on Foreign Military Operations” -- “3 Conclusions” -- “Chapter 4 Political Security Discourse” -- “1 Discourse on Allied Security (NATO and EU)” -- “2 Discourse on Special Relations with Other Countries and Regions (Europe, USA, Russia)” -- “2.1 Europe” -- “2.2 United States of America” -- “2.3 USSR/Russian Federation” -- “3 Discourse on Terrorism” -- “4 Discourse on Crime” -- “5 Discourse on Corruption” -- “6 Conclusions” -- “Chapter 5 Economic, Societal and Environmental Security Discourse” -- “1 Financial Security Discourse” -- “2 Energy Security Discourse” -- “3 Social Security Discourse” -- “4 Health Security Discourse” -- “5 Migration-Security Nexus Discourse” -- “6 Environmental Security Discourse” -- “7 Conclusions” -- “Chapter 6 Dynamics of Securitization in Polish Political Discourse”.

Based on a review of conceptual and empirical work on security theory, including Securitization Theory (ST), Riskification Theory (RT), and Just Securitization Theory (JST), the analysis of securitization processes in Polish political discourse and their impact on political practice is presented. Paulina Polko proposes a theoretical and practical approach that allows readers to understand why and how selected challenges (risk and threats) are presented as existential threats become security issues, which leads to the acceptance of the use of extraordinary measures to implement practical solutions to fight or manage this challenges, risks, and threats

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