Post-democratic sustainability in the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement. On the depoliticized inclusion of the waters of occupied Western Sahara
(2021) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20212LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
- Abstract
- The territory of Western Sahara (WS) has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, displacing many of the
indigenous people now living in refugee camps in Algeria. In 2019, the EU adopted a new Sustainable Fisheries
Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with Morocco which includes WS waters. This in spite of two court rulings stating
that trade agreements including WS resources are not legal without the consent of the people of WS. This thesis
shows how sustainability is used to depoliticize the inclusion of WS waters in the SFPA. Applying the political
theory of Jacques Rancière in a document analysis of official EU documents around the SFPA, the analysis reveals
how the presentation of sustainable development as necessary creates a... (More) - The territory of Western Sahara (WS) has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, displacing many of the
indigenous people now living in refugee camps in Algeria. In 2019, the EU adopted a new Sustainable Fisheries
Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with Morocco which includes WS waters. This in spite of two court rulings stating
that trade agreements including WS resources are not legal without the consent of the people of WS. This thesis
shows how sustainability is used to depoliticize the inclusion of WS waters in the SFPA. Applying the political
theory of Jacques Rancière in a document analysis of official EU documents around the SFPA, the analysis reveals
how the presentation of sustainable development as necessary creates a post-democratic policy space in which
dissenting voices are rendered illegible. Finally, the thesis reflects on how sustainability science can avoid
contributing to post-democratic tendencies by actively looking for the political in environmental governance. (Less)
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- author
- Clausen, Ina Nyrup LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MESM02 20212
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Sustainable development, post-democracy, post-politics, Western Sahara, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement, European Union
- publication/series
- Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
- report number
- 2021:042
- language
- English
- id
- 9066956
- date added to LUP
- 2021-10-19 14:38:44
- date last changed
- 2021-10-19 14:38:44
@misc{9066956, abstract = {{The territory of Western Sahara (WS) has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, displacing many of the indigenous people now living in refugee camps in Algeria. In 2019, the EU adopted a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with Morocco which includes WS waters. This in spite of two court rulings stating that trade agreements including WS resources are not legal without the consent of the people of WS. This thesis shows how sustainability is used to depoliticize the inclusion of WS waters in the SFPA. Applying the political theory of Jacques Rancière in a document analysis of official EU documents around the SFPA, the analysis reveals how the presentation of sustainable development as necessary creates a post-democratic policy space in which dissenting voices are rendered illegible. Finally, the thesis reflects on how sustainability science can avoid contributing to post-democratic tendencies by actively looking for the political in environmental governance.}}, author = {{Clausen, Ina Nyrup}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}}, title = {{Post-democratic sustainability in the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement. On the depoliticized inclusion of the waters of occupied Western Sahara}}, year = {{2021}}, }