This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical security studies through a
detailed yet accessible survey of emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains …

This article examines the neglected category of functional actor in securitisation processes. I
argue that functional actors are a useful analytical category only if such actors are …

When is it permissible to move an issue out of normal politics and treat it as a security issue?
How should the security measures be conducted? When and how should the securitization …

That the distinctions between terrorism and extremism have become increasingly blurred is
something of a truism, but there has been little systematic analysis of whether this is truly the …

This article serves as an introduction to this Special Issue on the banning or proscription of
terrorist organisations around the world. It begins by arguing for greater attention to …

Both vernacular security studies and critical terrorism studies (CTS) offer constructivist
analyses of security couched in understandings of security speak. However, neither …

The aim of the chapter is to provide a closer look at the Copenhagen School of security and
its proposition of securitisation theory. In doing so, the chapter presents a discussion on the …

Villains need to be de-villainized for talking to begin; this is a cornerstone of negotiation
literature. But what happens when villains are proscribed, or listed as terrorists? While an …

This article explores the parameters, value and limitations of different critical strategies for
those dissatisfied with the contemporary politics of terror. It argues, first, that the prominent …

This article investigates the ways a nation brand is constructed by elite and non-elite actors
on social media using the case of Australia in China through the lens of security. The mixed …