Varieties of Securitization: Migration Governance along the Central Mediterranean Route (Hardcover)

Eugenio Cusumano

ISBN 10: 3032152747 / ISBN 13: 9783032152749

Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2026

Hardcover. This book contributes to migration and security studies alike by examining the transformation of migration governance across the Central Mediterranean Route connecting Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe through Italy. Leveraging this migratory corridor in historical and comparative perspective, the volume provides a multidisciplinary reappraisal of securitization theory, highlighting how different fields such as anthropology, history, visual semiotics, and science and technology studies can enrich, reappraise, and decentralize this paradigm. Far from merely exploring the different ways migration is framed as a threat after the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the volume systematically dissects the interplay between discourses and border enforcement practices as well as the diffusion of migration governance models worldwide, pushing securitization theory beyond security studies. This book contributes to migration and security studies alike by examining the transformation of migration governance across the Central Mediterranean Route connecting Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe through Italy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783032152749

Synopsis:

This book contributes to migration and security studies alike by examining the transformation of migration governance across the Central Mediterranean Route connecting Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe through Italy.

Leveraging this migratory corridor in historical and comparative perspective, the volume provides a multidisciplinary reappraisal of securitization theory, highlighting how different fields such as anthropology, history, visual semiotics, and science and technology studies can enrich, reappraise, and decentralize this paradigm. Far from merely exploring the different ways migration is framed as a threat after the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the volume systematically dissects the interplay between discourses and border enforcement practices as well as the diffusion of migration governance models worldwide, pushing securitization theory beyond security studies.

About the Author:

Eugenio Cusumano is full Professor of Political Science at the University of Messina, Italy.  He has published extensively on crisis management and border enforcement and is the principal investigator of the project “Securitizing Human Transit across the Central Mediterranean” (SHUT-MED), funded by the European Union and the Italian Ministry of Research.

Luca Raineri is Assistant Professor in Security Studies at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, where he co-leads the SHUT-MED project. He has conducted extensive fieldwork across Sub-Saharan Africa and worked as consultant on issues like peacebuilding, security and development, which are the focus of his scientific research.

Diego Caballero-Vélez works on the SHUT-MED project as Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Messina, Italy. He is the author of Contesting Migration Crises in Central Eastern Europe, published by Palgrave in 2023.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Varieties of Securitization: Migration ...
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new