Ausnahmezustand im Sicherheits- und Krisendiskurs : eine diskurstheoretische Studie mit Fallanalysen

This study focuses on the protests against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm,
Germany, in 2007. In the weeks preceding the event, Germany was preparing for a state of emergency. This discourse was created by legal authorities, politicians, security experts, the international media and the protestors alike. The study reconstructs the struggle for legitimacy and hegemonic supremacy. During this process the definition of what was considered a "normal" protest and what a “transgression” shifted. Results are the gradual establishment of emergency laws for the normal case.