Introduction. Hegemonic insecurity, defence and otherness. Citizenship and otherness: the differential treatment of ethnic minorities in France -- City, insecurity and citiezenship: the emergence of social cohesion policies -- Islam and empowerment of the new Muslim religious brokers in Europe -- Disguising the sense of insecurity in 'multicultural' Greece -- Normative otherness: from ' Sovereign subjects' to 'collateral damage' -- Malaise in society? -- The insecurity of emancipation -- In security and the instituted imaginary -- Ethnicity as politics, race as poilicy: discourses and spaces in advanced liberal states -- Fear: the authoritarian personality and security policies
