Perception or Discourse? Security Threats in Copenhagen School and Neoclassical Realism

Abstract

This article compares the perceptive approach of neoclassical realist security understanding with the discursive constructivist methodology of the Copenhagen School in analyzing the emergence of security threats. It departs from the assumption that these theories divergent in their perspectives on the content of security threats as well as security actors are comparable since they reveal methodological commonalities.

Keywords

Security, Security Studies, Securitization, Copenhagen School, Neoclassical Realism.

Citation

Akgül-Açıkmeşe, Sinem, “Perception or Discourse? Security Threats in Copenhagen School and Neoclassical Realism”, International Relations, Volume 8, Issue 30 (Summer 2011), pp. 43-73.

Affiliations

• Sinem AKGÜL-AÇIKMEŞE, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Kadir Has University, Department of International Relations