Securitization theory: how security problems emerge and dissolve/ edited by Thierry Balzacq.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A theory of securitization / Thierry Balzacq -- Enquiries into methods : a new framework for securitization analysis / Thierry Balzacq -- Reconceptualizing the audience in securitization theory / Sarah Léonard and Christian Kaunert -- Securitization as a media frame : what happens when the media "speak security" / Fred Vultee -- The limits of spoken words : from meta-narratives to experiences of security / C. Wilkinson -- When securitization fails : the hard case of counter-terrorism programs / Mark B. Salter -- Rethinking the securitization of the environment : old beliefs, new insights / Maria Julia Trombetta -- Health issues and securitization : the construction of HIV/AIDS as a US national security threat / Roxanna Sjöstedt -- Securitization, culture and power : rogue states in US and German discourse / Holger Stritzel and Dirk Schmittchen -- Religion bites : Falungong, securitization/desecuritization in the People's Republic of China / Juha A. Vuori -- The continuing evolution of securitization theory / Michael C. Williams.