CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Timchenkova, Tatiana |
|---|---|
| Title | SECURITIZATION OF MIGRATION: STRENGTHENING IDENTITY THROUGH WORDS AND IMAGES. THE CASE OF CHINESE MIGRATION TO RUSSIA |
| Summary | In the present thesis, I will apply the Copenhagen School’s securitization framework and some of its critiques in terms of the content and aims of the securitizing move in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the securitization of the Chinese migration to Russia. My findings conclude that the Copenhagen School’s securitization framework, although useful in analyzing the securitization of Chinese migration to Russia, displays some narrowness in terms of its understanding of the securitizing move as the latter, as Williams already has noticed, is not only conducted through speech acts but also through the use of images which are aimed to empower the speech act. I also make an attempt for a further contribution to the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, as the analysis of my case study proves the plausibility of my proposition that by opposing the “self” to the “other” collective identity in order to present the “other” as a societal threat, the securitizing move, beside aiming to receive public support for securitizing the societal threat, also indirectly aims to strengthen the collective identity of the host society. |
| Supervisor | Papkov Irina |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/timchenkova_tatiana.pdf |
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