TY - CHAP
T1 - Securitization in Protracted Conflict Environments
T2 - A Theoretical Perspective
AU - Adamides, Constantinos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter presents the theoretical framework of the book based on the limitations and underdeveloped areas of the securitization as presented in Chapter 1. Specifically, the focus is on the importance of pivotal events and the subsequent unchallenged periods, which result in the development of routinized, and frequently institutionalization, securitization. Furthermore, it presents two new concepts, namely horizontal and bottom-up securitization, and their importance in the conflict-ridden social context where the audiences have a much more important role to play than simply being the ‘judges’ of successful or unsuccessful securitizing acts. Lastly, the theoretical contribution extends in the field of visual securitization in protracted conflicts and how images can have a particularly important impact due to their ability to act as stark reminders of the threats that already dominate the environment.
AB - This chapter presents the theoretical framework of the book based on the limitations and underdeveloped areas of the securitization as presented in Chapter 1. Specifically, the focus is on the importance of pivotal events and the subsequent unchallenged periods, which result in the development of routinized, and frequently institutionalization, securitization. Furthermore, it presents two new concepts, namely horizontal and bottom-up securitization, and their importance in the conflict-ridden social context where the audiences have a much more important role to play than simply being the ‘judges’ of successful or unsuccessful securitizing acts. Lastly, the theoretical contribution extends in the field of visual securitization in protracted conflicts and how images can have a particularly important impact due to their ability to act as stark reminders of the threats that already dominate the environment.
KW - Audience role
KW - Bottom-up securitization
KW - Horizontal securitization
KW - Institutionalized securitization
KW - Pivotal events
KW - Routinized securitization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145412649&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-33200-6_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-33200-6_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85145412649
T3 - Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
SP - 57
EP - 84
BT - Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -