CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Ader, Leslie Ann |
|---|---|
| Title | Closing Society through Securitization: Hungary's Populist-Illiberal response during the European Migration Crisis of 2015 |
| Summary | Simultaneously, Hungary has become one of the leading Eurosceptic member states challenging the EU structure in relation to Migration and Asylum Policy. Under Victor Orbán’s administration Hungary has “proudly” led the political discussion in constructing barriers to preventing migrants and “refugees from entering “Fortress Europe.” Hungarian history is filled with narratives of a desire to escape the past; however, instead of turning towards understanding, Orbán’s government has sought a discursive path that is filled with Eurosceptic and securitization rhetoric which has caused great tension and ‘disunion’ within the EU. Utilizing the qualitative methods of Critical Discourse Analysis this thesis will highlight the embedded nationalist rhetoric behind Orbán’s speeches and how Hungary’s securitization of Immigration and Migration policy during the crisis has led to frayed relations with Brussels. This Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) will focus on two distinct periods of dialectics (i) the erection of the wall on the Hungarian-Serbian border (September- 2015) and (ii) the post-Crisis rhetoric in relation to the October “Quota Referendum” in 2016 (September-October 2016). |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/ader_leslie.pdf |
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