Identifying Security Logics in the EU Policy Discourse

Maciej Stępka is an Assistant Professor working in the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, where he teaches courses on EU Institutions and Decision-Making Processes, European Integration Theories, EU Common Policies, Security Theory and European Security. He received his PhD in Security Studies with specialisation in International Relations from University of Warsaw. He also holds Masters degrees in Political Science (University of Amsterdam) and European Studies (Jagiellonian University in Kraków). Maciej’s research interests revolve around critical security and policy studies, including securitisation theory, Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, security logics and theories of risk. His most recent work concentrates on investigating spaces of security, security practices and technologies in the Polish immigrant detention centres.

• Introduction.- 1. Securitization as the Work of Framing. Towards a new Framework of Analysis.- 2. Before the “Migration Crisis”. Migration-Security Continuum in the EU.- 3. Framing Diagnosis and Evaluation of the “Migration Crisis” on the EU Level.- 4. Framing Conceptualization of Remedial Actions Towards the “Migration Crisis” on the EU Level.- Concluding Remarks. Revisiting Patterns of Securitization and Security Logics.