Deconstructing the terrorist threat in the United Kingdom after 2005 (original) (raw)

This paper examines the dynamics of the construction of the terrorist threat in the United Kingdom after 2005. It will make an analysis of what was learned in the time between the two events and will try to identify what is still to be improved in enhancing the internal security of Western Europe. The point of departure is that the link between a condition and threat framing should not to be taken for granted, and that threat construction is subjective and varies among actors. This assertion will be demonstrated through our analysis. This will be done from a neo-realist perspective in order to attain a better image of the conditional relation between these factors. The analysis should allow us to make the appropriate correlations between conditions and threat constructions are intricate, and that the explanation of a securitization lies in the interaction of certain social and cognitive processes.