Security and Political Discourse

Paulina Polko, Ph.D., DSc, Assoc. Prof. (1978) is the Head of the Security Studied Department at WSB University (Poland). She is an author, co-author and editor of monographs and journal articles on securitisation, security discourse, security policies, and migration-security nexus.

• ContentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Security as a Category Shaping Political Discourse1 Securitization, Riskification, Discourse1 Security Definition and Its Evolution2 From Realism to Constructivism: the Copenhagen School and the End of the Cold War: Security as a New Black3 From Threat to Risk: Riskification as Securitization 2.02 Security Discourse Research – Methodological Aspects1 Political Discourse and Its Securitization2 Organization of Research into Political Discourse3 Quantitative Analysis of Speeches of Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers3 Military Security Discourse1 Discourse on Army and Military Spendings2 Discourse on Foreign Military Operations3 Conclusions4 Political Security Discourse1 Discourse on Allied Security (NATO and EU)2 Discourse on Special Relations with Other Countries and Regions (Europe, USA, Russia)3 Discourse on Terrorism4 Discourse on Crime5 Discourse on Corruption6 Conclusions5 Economic, Societal and Environmental Security Discourse1 Financial Security Discourse2 Energy Security Discourse3 Social Security Discourse4 Health Security Discourse5 Migration-Security Nexus Discourse6 Environmental Security Discourse7 Conclusions6 Dynamics of Securitization in Polish Political DiscourseConclusionsAppendixReferencesIndex