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Grekland som Kinas trojanska häst i Europa? En kvalitativ studie om de politiska implikationerna av Kinas investeringar i Grekland

Darbinyan, Edgar LU (2020) STVK02 20192
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explain Greece’s decision to block EU’s
statement on China’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2017. By formulating a hypothesis that Greece’s decision was a result of Chinese investment in the country through the global infrastructure project “Belt and Road Initiative”, the study then engaged in a process tracing, combining both inductive as well as deductive methods to reach a sufficient explanation of the outcome. It was concluded that the decision came as a result of Chinese agenda-setting power over Greece, which was facilitated by the deployment of a de-securitised language that aimed to prioritise economic development, sovereignty and cultural specificity as opposed... (More)
The purpose of this study was to explain Greece’s decision to block EU’s
statement on China’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2017. By formulating a hypothesis that Greece’s decision was a result of Chinese investment in the country through the global infrastructure project “Belt and Road Initiative”, the study then engaged in a process tracing, combining both inductive as well as deductive methods to reach a sufficient explanation of the outcome. It was concluded that the decision came as a result of Chinese agenda-setting power over Greece, which was facilitated by the deployment of a de-securitised language that aimed to prioritise economic development, sovereignty and cultural specificity as opposed to common EU-norms such as human rights. Finally, in order for the de-securitised language to take effect, it was embraced by Greek decision-makers, who employed what I call “Diplomatic docility”. The term implies the political accommodating of rivalling interests in exchange for what a country deems to be of political and/or economic benefit (economic development in the case of Greece). (Less)
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author
Darbinyan, Edgar LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Belt and Road Initiative, agenda-setting power, Authoritarian diffusion, Human rights
language
Swedish
id
9000099
date added to LUP
2020-03-02 09:38:42
date last changed
2020-03-02 09:38:42
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to explain Greece’s decision to block EU’s
statement on China’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2017. By formulating a hypothesis that Greece’s decision was a result of Chinese investment in the country through the global infrastructure project “Belt and Road Initiative”, the study then engaged in a process tracing, combining both inductive as well as deductive methods to reach a sufficient explanation of the outcome. It was concluded that the decision came as a result of Chinese agenda-setting power over Greece, which was facilitated by the deployment of a de-securitised language that aimed to prioritise economic development, sovereignty and cultural specificity as opposed to common EU-norms such as human rights. Finally, in order for the de-securitised language to take effect, it was embraced by Greek decision-makers, who employed what I call “Diplomatic docility”. The term implies the political accommodating of rivalling interests in exchange for what a country deems to be of political and/or economic benefit (economic development in the case of Greece).}},
  author       = {{Darbinyan, Edgar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Grekland som Kinas trojanska häst i Europa? En kvalitativ studie om de politiska implikationerna av Kinas investeringar i Grekland}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}