Security and Political Discourse

Contents

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Introduction: Security as a Category Shaping Political Discourse

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

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

3 Military Security Discourse

 1 Discourse on Army and Military Spendings

 2 Discourse on Foreign Military Operations

 3 Conclusions

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)

 3 Discourse on Terrorism

 4 Discourse on Crime

 5 Discourse on Corruption

 6 Conclusions

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

6 Dynamics of Securitization in Polish Political Discourse

Conclusions

Appendix

References

Index