Introduction to 2018 special issue: Ontological (in)security in the European Union
(2018) In European Security 27(3). p.249-265- Abstract
- The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the future for many ordinary Europeans. Amongst these crises are the more obvious challenges of sovereign debt and fiscal austerity; refugees from conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria; and the rise of populist far-right parties across Europe. But behind these challenges lie less visible insecurities about economic prospects, social wellbeing, and a widespread expectation that the EU is unable to answer the challenges of twenty-first century global politics. In other words, the greatest security challenge facing people across Europe is not... (More)
- The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the future for many ordinary Europeans. Amongst these crises are the more obvious challenges of sovereign debt and fiscal austerity; refugees from conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria; and the rise of populist far-right parties across Europe. But behind these challenges lie less visible insecurities about economic prospects, social wellbeing, and a widespread expectation that the EU is unable to answer the challenges of twenty-first century global politics. In other words, the greatest security challenge facing people across Europe is not physical, despite the threats of Putin and ISIS, but is a sense of fear and anxiety over their daily lives. (Less)
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- Kinnvall, Catarina LU ; Manners, Ian LU and Mitzen, Jennifer LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-08-13
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ontological Security, Ontological Insecurity, European Union, European Integration
- in
- European Security
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 3
- article number
- 1
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85058470137
- ISSN
- 1746-1545
- DOI
- 10.1080/09662839.2018.1497977
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- Ontological Security in the European Union
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- English
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- yes
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