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This chapter explores the genesis of the Securitization Theory — its ontological origin and epistemological development; its historical and intellectual roots. It addresses fundamental questions as to what the theory ‘does’, how it ‘does it’ and what steps and processes are essential to make the theory ‘work’ — and as such be effective. It explores who and what created the theory and why, predicating it within its political and global context, which so critically has underwritten this new theoretical framework. This chapter also points to the applications of the theory and provides an example of its current utilization (international migration). It engages with the theory’s critics and its intellectual investment, the debate imbued with its various ‘ambiguities’. It also briefly reflects on other theoretical frameworks and how they have effectively succeeded (or failed) to recognize and interpret the rape-security nexus.
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Hirschauer, S. (2014). Securitization Theory: A Matter of Words. In: The Securitization of Rape. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137410825_2
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