Securitization and Desecuritization Processes in Protracted Conflicts: The Case of Cyprus (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies) - Hardcover

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Adamides, Constantinos

 
9783030331993: Securitization and Desecuritization Processes in Protracted Conflicts: The Case of Cyprus (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3030331997 ISBN 13: 9783030331993
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot, 2019

Synopsis

Using the Cyprus conflict as a case study, this book examines how the securitization process in protracted conflict environments changes, as it becomes routinized and potentially even institutionalized. Furthermore, the process is not limited to the mainstream top-down path, as it also follows a horizontal and even bottom-up direction, which inevitably has an impact on the goals and securitization options of both the mainstream securitizing actors and the audience(s). Lastly, on a theoretical level it examines how the multi-directional securitization forces have an impact on the elite and audience-driven desecuritization efforts and ultimately on the prospects for conflict resolution. The book’s case study, the Cyprus question, offers an alternative reading of the forces dominating the specific conflict, while concurrently offers a useful framework for the study of similar protracted and deeply securitized conflicts.

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About the Author

Constantinos Adamides is Assistant Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He frequently cooperates with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, and the National Guard. He also served as a Member of the first Geostrategic Council of Cyprus (2014-2018).

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Using the Cyprus conflict as a case study, this book examines how the securitization process in protracted conflict environments changes, as it becomes routinized and potentially even institutionalized. Furthermore, the process is not limited to the mainstream top-down path, as it also follows a horizontal and even bottom-up direction, which inevitably has an impact on the goals and securitization options of both the mainstream securitizing actors and the audience(s). Lastly, on a theoretical level it examines how the multi-directional securitization forces have an impact on the elite and audience-driven desecuritization efforts and ultimately on the prospects for conflict resolution. The book’s case study, the Cyprus question, offers an alternative reading of the forces dominating the specific conflict, while concurrently offers a useful framework for the study of similar protracted and deeply securitized conflicts.


Constantinos Adamides is Assistant Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He frequently cooperates with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, and the National Guard. He also served as a Member of the first Geostrategic Council of Cyprus (2014-2018).

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Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3030331997
ISBN 13 
9783030331993
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
219

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