ABSTRACT
On the basis of the critique of the Copenhagen School concept in the literature chapter introduces the sociological variant of securitization by the so-called Paris School. The chapter finishes with a critique of the school thinking in securitization theory and argues for a revision of the original securitization framework from within. As early as the 1970s, however, single voices challenged this narrow understanding of national security under the impression of the global economic crises and the growing awareness of global environmental change. The critique of the blind-spots resulting from the language philosophical roots of the Copenhagen approach has spurred the formulation of an alternative, sociological variant of securitization theory usually associated with the so-called Paris School. The sociological model of the Paris School holds that security problems are not constructed through the magical power of language. The historical juncture brought grist to the mills of those calling for a broadening of the security concept beyond the realm of military security.
