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This chapter provides an overview of the mainstream reading of securitization and presents the main challenges and limitations of the theory. The chapter commences with a brief synopsis on how and why securitization is used by political and other elite, followed by the challenges raised against the theory, with particular attention on the under-explored role of the audience(s) and the under-focused importance of the social context in the emergence and perpetuation of securitization. The last part of the chapter provides a brief overview of the five sectors of the theory, namely the military, economic, societal, political and environmental sectors.
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Adamides, C. (2020). Securitization. In: Securitization and Desecuritization Processes in Protracted Conflicts. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33200-6_1
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