Framing the Threat

8 Findings and Implications

This final chapter summarizes and reflects on the book’s argument. Section 8.1 provides an abstract of each chapter. It recapitulates the book’s theoretical and methodological approach to the topic, and displays the findings of its empirical part. Section 8.2 considers these findings and draws inferences with regard to the power of language in general, securitization in particular, and a critical awareness towards it. Finally, section 8.3 points to aspects for further research arising from this book. This includes elements that could not be addressed in detail here, and adjacent aspects that are likely to be of interest to future studies.

8.1 Summary of the Book

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the ...