This book provides an in-depth analysis of the securitisation of
climate change in the US, Germany and Mexico and offers a
rethinking of securitisation theory. Resting on a Foucauldian
governmentality approach, it discusses how different climate
security discourses have transformed the political handling of
climate change and affected policies, practices and institutions.
Going beyond the literature's predominant focus on the global
level, it gives a fine-grained examination of the political and
institutional changes in different national contexts. Drawing on
the governmentalisation of security, the book develops a new
understanding of securitisation that focuses on the role of power.
In doing so, it provides new insights into the transformative
potential of linking climate change to security but also highlights
the political and normative pitfalls of securitisation. 'In this
important book, Franziskus von Lucke provides a theoretically
sophisticated and empirically rich account of the relationship
between security and climate change. Developing a
Foucauldian-inspired account of securitization, the book rejects
blanket or universal claims about the climate change- security
relationship, instead insisting on the need to critically examine
how the securitization of climate change plays out in particular
empirical contexts. Exploring the cases of the US, Germany and
Mexico, von Lucke points to distinctive dynamics of securitization
in these settings, with different implications for the practices
these in turn encourage. Ultimately, this book constitutes an
important addition to literature on the relationship between
climate change and security, while developing a distinct and
nuanced account of securitization that will be of interest to a
wide range of scholars of security in international relations.'
-Associate Professor Matt McDonald is a Reader in International
Relations at the University of Queensland, Australia 'In 2019 a
number of states and other actors (notably the European Union) have
made climate emergency declarations. It is therefore more important
than ever to understand what the securitization of the climate
means. That is: Who can securitize? What security measures are
likely/ deemed legitimate by relevant audiences? How does
securitization affect the population within and outside a
securitizing state? And perhaps most importantly of all, will it
succeed? Franziskus von Lucke's carefully researched book offers
answers to all of these questions and many others besides. von
Lucke proceeds by examining with the US, Mexico and Germany, three
real-life empirical cases of climate securitization. Each one
provides unique insights that enable a fuller understanding of
climate security. Accessibly written this is a must read for
scholars and practitioners alike.' -Dr Rita Floyd, University of
Birmingham, UK, author of The Morality of Security: A theory of
just Securitization, CUP, 2019 With great empirical detail and
conceptual clarity, the book compares discourses and practices of
climate security in different contexts. An essential reading for
anyone interested in international climate politics, securitization
theory, governmentality and the notion of power in International
Relations. -Dr Delf Rothe, Institute for Peace Research and
Security Policy Hamburg at the University of Hamburg, Germany
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