Collective Securitisation and Security Governance in the European Union

Sonia Lucarelli is Associate Professor of International Relations and Pan-European Security at the University of Bologna and Director of Research at the Forum on the Problems of Peace and War in Florence. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of International Relations and Development, European Security and European Foreign Affairs Review.James Sperling is Professor of Political Science, University of Akron. His articles have appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, International Affairs, International Organization, Journal of European Public Policy and Review of International Studies.Mark Webber is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham. His articles have appeared in European Security, European Foreign Affairs Review, International Affairs, International Relations, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Civil Wars and Review of International Studies.

• Preface Sonia Lucarelli, James Sperling and Mark Webber 1. The European Union: security governance and collective securitisation James Sperling and Mark Webber 2. The collective securitisation of terrorism in the European Union Christian Kaunert and Sarah Leonard 3. The collective securitisation of cyberspace in the European Union George Christou 4. Back to Schengen: the collective securitisation of the EU free-border area Michela Ceccorulli 5. Frame contestation and collective securitisation: the case of EU energy policy Stephanie C. Hofmann and Ueli Staeger 6. Securitisation across borders: the case of ‘health security’ cooperation in the European Union Louise Bengtsson and Mark Rhinard 7. The EU’s collective securitisation of climate change Claire Dupont 8. Collective securitisation in the EU: normative dimensions Rita Floyd 9. The EU as a securitising agent? Testing the model, advancing the literature Sonia Lucarelli