When everyday social situations and cultural phenomena come to be associated with a threat to security, security becomes a value which competes with other values ¿ particularly the right to privacy and human rights. In this comparison, security appears as an obvious choice over the loss of some aspects of other values and is seen as a reasonable and worthwhile sacrifice because of what security promises to deliver. When the value of security is elevated to the top of the collective priorities, it becomes a meta-frame, a reference point in relation to which other aspects of social life are articulated and organized. With the tendency to treat a variety of social issues as security threats and the public¿s growing acceptance of surveillance as an inevitable form of social control, the security meta-frame rises to the level of a dominant organizing principle in such a way that it shapes the parameters and the conditions of daily living.

Introduction: Security Meta-Framing: A Cultural Logic of an Ordering Practice Vida Bajc Public Spaces and Collective Activities 1. "No Joking!" Mark Salter 2. Security Meta-framing of Collective Activity in Public Spaces: The Pope John Paul II in the Holy City Vida Bajc Struggle and Resistance 3. When the Israeli State of Exception Meets the Exception: The Case of Tali Fahima Liora Sion 4. Rethinking National Security Policies and Practices in Transnational Contexts: Border Resistance Kathleen Staudt Law, Citizenship, and the State 5. A Note on Security Modulation Willem de Lint 6. Before the Law: Creeping Lawlessness in Canadian National Security Reem Bahdi 7. The Pre-Emptive Mode of Regulation: Terrorism, Law, and Security Gabe Mythen Global Agendas, Local Transformations 8. Re/Building the E.U.: Governing through Counterterrorism Sirpa Virta 9. Transnational Media Corporations (TNMCs) and National Culture as a Security Concern in China Jiang Fei and Huang Kuo 10. Security Metamorphosis in Latin America Nelson Arteaga Botello Conclusion: Security and Everyday Life Willem de Lint