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2. Securitization Theory and Its Expansion

Authors : Ihsan Yilmaz, Erdoan Shipoli, Mustafa Demir

Published in: Securitization and Authoritarianism

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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This chapter explains the theory of securitization in detail and how it is being instrumentalized as a strategy for authoritarian survival. The chapter starts with the background of the theory and the main discussions in the growing literature on this theory and its expansion. It connects the introduction chapter to the rationale and explanatory power of the theory of securitization in the case of Turkey. In doing so, the chapter highlights the main developments in the theory in the recent decade, its conceptual and geographical expansion and the main theoretical contribution of the book.

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Title: Securitization Theory and Its Expansion
Authors: Ihsan Yilmaz
Erdoan Shipoli
Mustafa Demir
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Securitization and Authoritarianism
Print ISBN: 978-981-9905-05-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9905-06-5

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0506-5_2