Essays about: "EUNAVFOR Med"

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  1. 1. Finding Power Within the Language : - a securitization study of operation EUNAVFOR MED

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Josefine Smith; [2016]
    Keywords : Operation Sophia; EUNAVFOR Med; Fairclough; Critical discourse analysis; securitization; Buzan;

    Abstract : This research paper takes departure from the contradictions of understandings regarding the purpose of operation EUNAVFOR Med, which operates in the Mediterranean aiming at disrupting the business model of human smugglers. The alteration of opinions concerns the question(s) regarding, to what extent the operation should be considered a securitization, and if so, of what? Research has consequently been drawn from the Copenhagen’s School theory of securitization, looking deeper into the involvement of the main actors in the operation, the EU, the human smugglers and the migrants, in order to identify if this operation could indeed be considered a securitization act. READ MORE