Essays about: "securitized citizens"

Found 4 essays containing the words securitized citizens.

  1. 1. Gender in Cyber policy, is it really necessary? : A critical analysis of gender in EU’s cybersecurity policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emmie Linden; [2022]
    Keywords : EU; cybersecurity policy; gender; human rights; women’s rights; securitization; post- structural feminist theory; policy discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Cyberspace offers many opportunities but is also a very hostile place for women. Studies claim that women are disproportionally affected by certain cybercrimes and suffer frequent rights violations in cyberspace. READ MORE

  3. 2. Constructing a Security Threat? : Identifying Securitization in US State Level Politics Framing of the BLM Protests

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecka Bjuremalm; [2021]
    Keywords : securitization; Copenhagen School; framing analysis; protest movements; Black Lives Matter; securitized citizens; contentious politics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates US state level politics framing of the BLM protests during 2020, by inductively identifying frames and then proceeding to study if and on what grounds securitization occurs in these. Press statements, interviews and documents from eight Mayors and Governors in six of the states where the protests have been the most prominent are analyzed. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impossible Homecoming? : A Study of the Evolution of the French Government’s Discourses on French ISIS Returnees Between 2017 and 2020.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Bieber; [2021]
    Keywords : ISIS; returning foreign fighters; securitization; France; counterterrorism;

    Abstract : Over 5,000 European citizens joined the ranks of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the early 2010s. Since the rollback of the terrorist organization in 2016, European Union (EU) member states have had to decide whether or not to repatriate these individuals who were made prisoners mainly by Iraqi, or Kurdish authorities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Accidental Citizens: Etherealizing Securitized Identities of Somalis in Kenya; Contesting Representation, Identity and Belonging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Shamsa Birik Abdi; [2016]
    Keywords : Securitization; Identity; Othering; Belonging; Postcolonial; Al-Shabab; Terrorism; Laclau Mouffe; Discourse Theory; Hegemony; Ideology; Antagonism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Kenyan security apparatus has undergone immense transformations particularly after Kenya’s military incursion into Southern Somalia in 2011. The intervention dubbed ‘Operation Linda Nchi’ was an attempt to protect Kenya’s territorial sovereignty and create a buffer zone against the Somali linked Al-Shabab insurgency. READ MORE