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Klimatförändring enligt Bush, Obama, och Trump - Ett säkerhetiseringsperspektiv

Huus Strandman, Alexander LU (2019) STVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The first three US Presidents of the century have, to say the least, had differing views concerning the nature of climate change and how this issue is addressed most appropriately – as noted by the fact that the issue has gone back and forth between being a security issue and basically disappearing from the security agenda altogether. In order to shine a light on how this has happened, this study aims to investigate President Bush, Obama and Trump's rhetoric on climate change through a discourse analysis based on the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School. Securitization is the process by which actors, through discourse, transform issues into security issues. Desecuritization refers to the reverse process, by which an issue is... (More)
The first three US Presidents of the century have, to say the least, had differing views concerning the nature of climate change and how this issue is addressed most appropriately – as noted by the fact that the issue has gone back and forth between being a security issue and basically disappearing from the security agenda altogether. In order to shine a light on how this has happened, this study aims to investigate President Bush, Obama and Trump's rhetoric on climate change through a discourse analysis based on the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School. Securitization is the process by which actors, through discourse, transform issues into security issues. Desecuritization refers to the reverse process, by which an issue is removed from the security agenda. The study intends to investigate how securitization and desecuritization processes have been reflected in the rhetoric of the presidents. The analysis has shown that President Bush initiated a climate change desecuritization process by carrying out desecuritization acts of the rearticulating kind. Furthermore, it showed that President Obama began a clear process of securitization of the climate change issue. Lastly, the analysis showed that President Trump initiated his own desecuritization process of the issue, mainly through silencing. (Less)
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author
Huus Strandman, Alexander LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20191
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
klimatförändring, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, säkerhetiseringsteori, Köpenhamnsskolan
language
Swedish
id
8991890
date added to LUP
2019-09-10 09:47:03
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2019-09-10 09:47:03
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  abstract     = {{The first three US Presidents of the century have, to say the least, had differing views concerning the nature of climate change and how this issue is addressed most appropriately – as noted by the fact that the issue has gone back and forth between being a security issue and basically disappearing from the security agenda altogether. In order to shine a light on how this has happened, this study aims to investigate President Bush, Obama and Trump's rhetoric on climate change through a discourse analysis based on the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School. Securitization is the process by which actors, through discourse, transform issues into security issues. Desecuritization refers to the reverse process, by which an issue is removed from the security agenda. The study intends to investigate how securitization and desecuritization processes have been reflected in the rhetoric of the presidents. The analysis has shown that President Bush initiated a climate change desecuritization process by carrying out desecuritization acts of the rearticulating kind. Furthermore, it showed that President Obama began a clear process of securitization of the climate change issue. Lastly, the analysis showed that President Trump initiated his own desecuritization process of the issue, mainly through silencing.}},
  author       = {{Huus Strandman, Alexander}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Klimatförändring enligt Bush, Obama, och Trump - Ett säkerhetiseringsperspektiv}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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