Essays about: "a discourse analysis in EU migration policy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words a discourse analysis in EU migration policy.

  1. 16. The nexus between discourse and multi-level governance during times of crisis : Sweden during the 2015-2016 refugee movements

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Keely Witherow; [2018]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; media; multi-level governance; postcolonialism; refugee; refugee crisis; Sweden;

    Abstract : In order to understand the role of discourse in a system of multi-level governance, this thesis performs a case study of Sweden’s response to the 2015-2016 refugee crisis. Initially praised as the European country who accepted the highest number of asylum applications per capita, by the end of 2015 Sweden had limited its asylum policy to the minimum levels under EU law. READ MORE

  2. 17. Justifying measures: Security and humanitarianism in migration policy. A critical discourse analysis of the 2016 EU-Turkey statement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Gannfelt; [2017]
    Keywords : EU; EU-Turkey statement; Security; Humanitarianism; Critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ever since the end of the Cold war, there has been a change in what is considered a security threat. A discourse of security is traditionally linked to military threats; however, it has become more and more visible in migration policies. READ MORE

  3. 18. The End of Sweden’s Nonalignment Policy and Generous RefugeePolicy, or EU as a Solution : Sweden’s National Self-determination in the EU Membership Debate,1987 – 1991

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Sebastian Maagaard; [2017]
    Keywords : Sweden; European Union; EU membership; supra-state; self-determination; nonalignment policy; migration policy; neutrality; late twentieth century; critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the parliamentary debate in Sweden saw the consequences of Swedenas a nation were to join the European Union. The nation is defined as a state based on nationalself-determination. The EU is regarded as a supra-state organisation and one of the moreextensive efforts of its kind. READ MORE

  4. 19. Have Refugees Become A Security Problem? A Comparative Study Of Securitization In The United Kingdom And Germany

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Lindvall; [2016-04-11]
    Keywords : securitization; refugee crisis; migration; discourse analysis; UK; Germany; Copenhagen School;

    Abstract : This study seeks to identify if and how transnational migration is linked to security issues when a discourse of a ‘refugee crisis’ is being established. The theoretical framework of ‘securitization theory’ developed by the Copenhagen School is applied and tested; namely the process of treating a political issue as an urgent threat to legitimize extraordinary measures. READ MORE

  5. 20. Are Migrants' Rights Dependent Upon Their Capacity : A Content Analysis of European Migration Policy and Its Effect on Human Rights of the Most Vulnerable Migrants

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Bond; [2016]
    Keywords : EU migration policy; economic growth; vulnerable migrants; human dignity; human rights;

    Abstract : This thesis examines what effect the economic discourse in EU migration policy might have on the view of migrants’ human rights in the European public opinion. The study is carried out as a qualitative content analysis of two central EU migration policy documents: The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (2011), and A European Agenda on Migration (2015). READ MORE