When Sovereignty and Solidarity Collide - The European migration-security nexus
(2018) FKVK02 20181Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The aftermath of the European Union’s ‘migration crisis’ in 2014-2016 continues to challenge the European security discourse, marked by a dilemma of securing the internal Member States political, societal and economic sector, whilst providing human security for forced migrants in accordance with international obligations. This thesis therefore aims to elucidate the dynamic between state security and human security, within the particular discursive development of the European Council. By examining the European Council’s Conclusions from March 2014 until December 2016, a qualitative content analysis has been conducted, in accordance with the critical lenses of the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, combined with a Human Security... (More)
- The aftermath of the European Union’s ‘migration crisis’ in 2014-2016 continues to challenge the European security discourse, marked by a dilemma of securing the internal Member States political, societal and economic sector, whilst providing human security for forced migrants in accordance with international obligations. This thesis therefore aims to elucidate the dynamic between state security and human security, within the particular discursive development of the European Council. By examining the European Council’s Conclusions from March 2014 until December 2016, a qualitative content analysis has been conducted, in accordance with the critical lenses of the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, combined with a Human Security approach deriving from the Human Development Report 1994. Throughout these documents the conflicting interests and inherent dilemmas have become evident, demonstrating a complex and transformative discourse marked by an underlying state-centric dominance in which humanitarian ambitions are gradually undermined through the discursive practices of the European Council. (Less)
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- author
- Santos Rasmussen, Anna LU
- supervisor
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- Malena Rosén LU
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Forced migration, European Union, EU, The European Council, Solidarity, Sovereignty, Human security, State security
- language
- English
- id
- 8956758
- date added to LUP
- 2020-08-03 11:27:42
- date last changed
- 2020-08-03 11:27:42
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