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Securitizing Migration in the West - On the ways in which the refugee crisis has been socially constructed by Europe's far-right
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2019 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The research focus of this study is to investigate the ways in which the so-called European refugee crisis has been socially constructed as number one urgent matter for the European community in the years between 2015-2017. Noting the unprecedented rise of the public support for far-right parties in the European polls, the goal of this study is to understand and conceptualize the ways in which the refugee crisis has been presented as an existential threat by the right-wing political leaders in the Netherlands, France and Germany, three core European members, which held elections in 2017. This has been done by utilizing the theoretical framework, composed of the Copenhagen School, as well as the categorization framework which builds upon the results from previous literature on the topic of the securitization of migration. In addition, by utilizing critical discourse analysis this study probes the hypothesis that regardless of the magnitude of the crisis, the securitizing discourses are largely revolving around four overarching realms: the identity, criminological, political and economic realm. The findings infer that the securitizing discourses of the right-wing leaders in the Netherlands, France and Germany in relation to migration are identical and are revolving around the aforementioned domains, regardless of the countries’ political landscape.

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Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle , 2019. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
European refugee crisis, far-right parties, 2017 Elections, securitization of migration, Copenhagen school, critical discourse analysis
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23445Local ID: 30457OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-23445DiVA, id: diva2:1483408
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KS GPS International Relations
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