Security in Translation proposes an innovative way to capture the evolution, spread and local transformation of threat images in world affairs. Reworking traditional securitization theory, this book develops a coherent new framework for analysis that makes securitization theory applicable to empirical studies.

PART I: THEORY 1. Securitization Theory and the Copenhagen School 2. A Securitization Theory Post-Copenhagen 3. Securitization as Translation PART II: CASE STUDIES 4. Aspects of the Organized Crime Imagery 5. The Securitization of Organised Crime in the USA 6. The Translation of Organized Crime into Organisierte Kriminalität 7. The Securitization of Rogue States Image in the USA 8. The (Failed) Translation of Rogue States into Schurkenstaaten PART III: IMPLICATIONS Conclusion

Holger Stritzel is Lecturer at the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK.