EU, go home? A frame analysis of the anti-tourism social movement in Barcelona and implications for EU support
(2023) STVM23 20231Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- How does anti-tourism affect support for the EU? This question has gained a newly found relevance in recent years, as anti-tourism protests have appeared in many European cities with high levels of tourism. Despite this relevance, some elements of these protests have not received as much attention as they deserve. This thesis will aim to fill one of the gaps in the literature: how anti-tourism social movements frame the issue of tourism and their culprits, and how can such frames affect support for the EU. I hypothesize that these movements have a negative effect on European identity through the adoption of adversarial frames, where anti-tourism movements posit European tourists as culprits. By employing the documents produced by the most... (More)
- How does anti-tourism affect support for the EU? This question has gained a newly found relevance in recent years, as anti-tourism protests have appeared in many European cities with high levels of tourism. Despite this relevance, some elements of these protests have not received as much attention as they deserve. This thesis will aim to fill one of the gaps in the literature: how anti-tourism social movements frame the issue of tourism and their culprits, and how can such frames affect support for the EU. I hypothesize that these movements have a negative effect on European identity through the adoption of adversarial frames, where anti-tourism movements posit European tourists as culprits. By employing the documents produced by the most important anti-tourism organization in Barcelona, I perform an analysis of the frames that such association uses. My results show no evidence that corroborates my hypothesis. However, some useful implications can be extracted from my analysis, including the possible increase in intra-EU cooperation of civil society organizations, as well as the need for further research as to why the EU remains depoliticized at the local level. (Less)
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- author
- Adrian Fernandez, Javier LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM23 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Mobility, anti-tourism, frames, social movements, Barcelona
- language
- English
- id
- 9115557
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-27 16:19:43
- date last changed
- 2023-08-27 16:19:43
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