Jef Huysmans is Lecturer in Government and Politics, The Open University, UK. His research focuses on post-structural international political theory, the political significance of security practice in Western societies, and the securitization of immigration, asylum and refugees.

'Emphasising the sociological nature of security analysis, this book advances a political-sociology theoretical understanding in security studies while at the same time making a substantial empirical contribution.'- Gulf Research Center Book Review'Jef Huysmans has opened up the whole area of societal security to a deeper and more detailed scrutiny than it has been given before.'- Dr Klejda Mulaj, Senior Researcher

• 1. Politics of Insecurity, Technology and the Political 2. Security Framing: The Question of the Meaning of Security 3. Displacing the Spectre of the State in Security Studies: From Referent Objects to Techniques of Government 4. Securitizing Migration: Freedom from Existential Threats and the Constitution of Insecure Communities 5. European Integration and Societal Insecurity 6. Freedom and Security in the EU: A Foucaultian View on Spill-Over 7. Migration, Securitization and the Question of Political Community in the EU 8. De-Securitizing Migration: Security Knowledge and Concepts of the Political Bibliography

Jef Huysmans is Lecturer in Government and Politics, The Open University, UK. His research focuses on post-structural international political theory, the political significance of security practice in Western societies, and the securitization of immigration, asylum and refugees.

'Emphasising the sociological nature of security analysis, this book advances a political-sociology theoretical understanding in security studies while at the same time making a substantial empirical contribution.'- Gulf Research Center Book Review'Jef Huysmans has opened up the whole area of societal security to a deeper and more detailed scrutiny than it has been given before.'- Dr Klejda Mulaj, Senior Researcher

• 1. Politics of Insecurity, Technology and the Political 2. Security Framing: The Question of the Meaning of Security 3. Displacing the Spectre of the State in Security Studies: From Referent Objects to Techniques of Government 4. Securitizing Migration: Freedom from Existential Threats and the Constitution of Insecure Communities 5. European Integration and Societal Insecurity 6. Freedom and Security in the EU: A Foucaultian View on Spill-Over 7. Migration, Securitization and the Question of Political Community in the EU 8. De-Securitizing Migration: Security Knowledge and Concepts of the Political Bibliography

Jef Huysmans is Lecturer in Government and Politics, The Open University, UK. His research focuses on post-structural international political theory, the political significance of security practice in Western societies, and the securitization of immigration, asylum and refugees.

'Emphasising the sociological nature of security analysis, this book advances a political-sociology theoretical understanding in security studies while at the same time making a substantial empirical contribution.'- Gulf Research Center Book Review'Jef Huysmans has opened up the whole area of societal security to a deeper and more detailed scrutiny than it has been given before.'- Dr Klejda Mulaj, Senior Researcher

• 1. Politics of Insecurity, Technology and the Political 2. Security Framing: The Question of the Meaning of Security 3. Displacing the Spectre of the State in Security Studies: From Referent Objects to Techniques of Government 4. Securitizing Migration: Freedom from Existential Threats and the Constitution of Insecure Communities 5. European Integration and Societal Insecurity 6. Freedom and Security in the EU: A Foucaultian View on Spill-Over 7. Migration, Securitization and the Question of Political Community in the EU 8. De-Securitizing Migration: Security Knowledge and Concepts of the Political Bibliography