DYNAMICS OF SECURITIZATION IN SECURITY POLICY MAKING: A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF GLOBAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS
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Securitization theory has contributed to a paradigm shift in international security studies by framing security as a perceptual concept and offering a renewed understanding of the traditional relationship between threat and reality as influenced by acts of speech. This theory is credited to the Copenhagen School, which emerged from the collective research agenda of several scholars at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute in Denmark, particularly the works of Jaap de Wilde, Barry Buzan, and Ole Wæver. Their collective efforts culminated in the 1998 publication of Security: A New Framework for Analysis, in which they posed critical questions regarding how security functions in global politics and how it derives meaning through intersubjective processes that seek to incorporate a wide range of neglected or marginalized concerns. Their collective efforts culminated in the 1998 publication of security named A New Framework for Analysis, where they posed critical questions regarding how security functions in global politics and how it derives meaning through intersubjective processes that seek to incorporate a wide range of neglected or marginalized concerns. These pressing issues, such as environmental change, poverty, and human rights, have increasingly influenced the international security agenda. This study aims to explore the construction of security policies and the formulation of priority issue agendas by employing the logic of security as a speech act that targets the perceptions of individuals and decision-makers regarding challenges, thereby designating them as urgent matters. Additionally, it seeks to highlight the involvement of global advocacy networks in shaping global security policies and articulating common human interests, given their role as mediators between grassroots movements and decision-making circles.
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