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Securitisation, terror, and control: towards a theory of the breaking point

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Securitisations permit the breaking of rules: but which rules? This article argues that any given security situation could be handled by a variety of different ‘rule breaking’ procedures, and that securitisations themselves, whilst permitting rule breaking in general, do not necessarily specify in advance which rules in particular have to be broken. This begs the question: how do specific threats result in specific rule breaking measures? This article explores this question through reference ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1017/S0260210511000726

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Review of International Studies Journal website
Volume:
38
Issue:
4
Pages:
861-879
Publication date:
2012-02-21
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EISSN:
1469-9044
ISSN:
1469-9044
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pubs:630621
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uuid:49483017-38ad-4b86-919a-83efdc448e39
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pubs:630621
Source identifiers:
630621
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2016-06-29

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