Securitization (international relations)

Securitization in international relations and national politics is the process of state actors transforming subjects from regular political issues into matters of "security". While the "Copenhagen School" originally focused on a logic of exception, where security is defined by crisis and the suspension of normal politics, later work, often associated with the Paris School, also recognized a logic of routine, suggesting that securitization occurs through mundane bureaucratic practices and surveillance technologies.

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