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(De)Securitization of Migration in Germany
Moormann, Britta ; Karyotis, Georgios (vedoucí práce) ; Karásek, Tomáš (oponent) ; Fitzgerald, James (oponent)
This research explores the (de)securitization of migration in the German case through qualitative Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). By coding multiple primary sources of speech acts of two actors from the political elite, the competing frames of (de)securitization governing migration will be investigated. Subject to this research are the political parties The Left (Die Linke) and Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland [AfD]) representing sentiments of the most left and right parties on the governmental level of German politics. Analysing speech acts framing migration post 2015, this research identifies the construction of and, emphasis on the security-migration nexus under consideration of characteristic patterns of political communication and the theory of migrantization. This research further exemplifies that neither of the frames of (de)securitization is just a snapshot. To the contrary, both frames need to be elucidated in order to reflect contemporary dynamics of polarized political discourse. Uncovering the security-migration nexus, this research finds that the AfD supports a securitizing and The Left a desecuritizing frame of migration. However, both parties' speech acts are supported to varying degrees. Whereas the speech acts of the AfD receive a high degree of acceptance by...
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The Role of Data during the European Migration Crisis: Frontex and Data Management
Kennedy, Kelli ; Karyotis, Georgios (vedoucí práce) ; Connolly, Catherine (oponent) ; Kučera, Tomáš (oponent)
This research is designed to address the usage of situational and personal data by the EU Border Agency, Frontex as a result of securitization processes during the European Migration Crisis. In doing so, this study applies the theoretical framework established by Bourbeau (2014) to combine the parallels of the Copenhagen and Paris Schools. This enables a deeper observation of the crisis and broadens the scope for the study of securitization. This study uses discourse-analysis and process-tracing methods to determine if securitization of migration occurred during the crisis, what role data played in doing so, and to what extent practices in data management became institutionalized. This study uses Frontex as the primary point of reference for its practices in data management, and political discourse of the European Commission. By analyzing Frontex' activities in combination with discourse from the Commission, this study finds that discourse and practices work to reinforce one another, and therefore not only has migration been securitized, but it has allowed for the expanded use of data management practices. This has in turn worked in a cyclical motion to reinforce the position of Frontex within the migration-security nexus and ensured practices involving data analytics become institutionalized.
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The Global War on Terror and Macrosecuritisation: An Analysis of U.S. Discourse at the United Nations General Assembly Post-9/11
Mehta, Jaina ; McDonagh, Ken (vedoucí práce) ; Střítecký, Vít (oponent) ; Karyotis, Georgios (oponent)
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the global and political discourse on security changed. The systems-level macrosecuritisation of terrorism, under the umbrella of the Global War on Terror, began a new era of security politics. Soon, most nation-states around the world had considerations and opinions about terror and what to do about terrorist threat, not just as individuals, but as a collective, international community. In an attempt to dissect this macrosecuritisation, this dissertation focuses on the process of securitisation that considers speech acts as securitising moves against perceived threats. This dissertation aims to discover if the United States made macrosecuritising moves against terrorism, using universalist language, on the platform of the United Nations General Assembly. Using NVivo software and discourse analysis, speeches made by U.S. representatives, Presidents George W. Bush, and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, are analysed.
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