Taking our point of departure in securitization theory the aim is to analyze how Lutheran Church Sweden responded when Swedish Government late autumn 2015 made a sudden halt previously generous posture towards refugees. Applying concept counter-securitization we demonstrate Archbishop, and other leaders, strongly contested this official policy shift, legitimating their standpoint by referring r...

This study has shown that increasing levels of insecurity often arise from basin closure. This was subsequently shown to be the situation in the South African case study, particularly in the Incomati River basin and to a lesser extent the Limpopo River basin. This study has also shown that these increasing levels of insecurity could result in the securitization of water resource management, whi...

This study dwells on the quest for a critical security perspective international migration. Therefore, how migration could be perceived through studies is main research question of this study. Critical Security Studies (CSS) or Welsh School emerged after Robert Cox’s debate between problem-solving and theories, especially 1990s. In respect, CSS focus questioning mainstream theories their interp...