Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean
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Resumo: | The goal of this article is to shed light on how securitization processes at the European Union (EU)’s southern borders – the Mediterranean – are feeding various insecurities both inside and outside the EU. We follow a sociological approach to securitization which revisits the work by Thierry Balzacq. By adding to the conceptualization of securitization processes as speech acts and the outcome of security practices, this approach contributes to understanding how specific responses to perceived security threats result from contextual dynamics and power relations between significant actors in the security field. The article lies at the convergence of the fields of Anthropology and International Relations adding to efforts to promote a critical reflection about processes of (in)securitization and emancipatory possibilities for social change. The article concludes that the insecurity narratives feeding border dynamics end up in a spiral of insecurity perceptions with implications for borders’ management. The need to desecuritize policies and practices becomes, thus, part of the way to rethink possibilities for addressing the structural causes of violence and mass dislocation of people at the southern borders of the EU. |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the MediterraneanInseguridades en la gestión de las fronteras de la UE: Las consecuencias no deseadas de los procesos de securitización en el MediterráneoBorder managementEuropean UnionMediterraneanSecuritizationSecurity practicesGestión de fronterasUnión EuropeaMediterráneoSecuritizaciónPrácticas de seguridadThe goal of this article is to shed light on how securitization processes at the European Union (EU)’s southern borders – the Mediterranean – are feeding various insecurities both inside and outside the EU. We follow a sociological approach to securitization which revisits the work by Thierry Balzacq. By adding to the conceptualization of securitization processes as speech acts and the outcome of security practices, this approach contributes to understanding how specific responses to perceived security threats result from contextual dynamics and power relations between significant actors in the security field. The article lies at the convergence of the fields of Anthropology and International Relations adding to efforts to promote a critical reflection about processes of (in)securitization and emancipatory possibilities for social change. The article concludes that the insecurity narratives feeding border dynamics end up in a spiral of insecurity perceptions with implications for borders’ management. The need to desecuritize policies and practices becomes, thus, part of the way to rethink possibilities for addressing the structural causes of violence and mass dislocation of people at the southern borders of the EU.El objeto del presente artículo es clarificar cómo los procesos de securitización en las fronteras sur de la Unión Europea (UE) – el Mediterráneo – están alimentando inseguridades diversas dentro y fuera de la UE. Seguimos un enfoque sociológico de la securitización que retoma la línea de trabajo de Thierry Balzacq. Al sumarse a la conceptualización de los procesos de securitización como actos de habla y resultado de prácticas de seguridad, este enfoque contribuye para comprender cómo las respuestas específicas a las amenazas de seguridad percibidas resultan de la dinámica contextual y las relaciones de poder entre actores importantes en el campo de la seguridad. El artículo se ubica en la convergencia de la Antropología y de las Relaciones Internacionales que se suman a los esfuerzos por promover una reflexión crítica sobre los procesos de (in)securitización y las posibilidades emancipatorias para el cambio social. Se concluye que las narrativas de inseguridad que alimentan las dinámicas fronterizas terminan en una espiral de percepciones de inseguridad con implicaciones para la gestión de fronteras. La necesidad de desecuritizar las políticas y prácticas se convierte, por lo tanto, en parte del camino para repensar las posibilidades de abordar las causas estructurales de la violencia y el desplazamiento masivo de personas en las fronteras sur de la UE.Universidad Rey Juan Carlos2022-10-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/107273http://hdl.handle.net/10316/107273https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v10i2.561eng2340-8413https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v10i2.561Dias, Vanda AmaroFreire, Maria Raquelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-06-23T16:55:48Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/107273Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:23:39.178603Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean Inseguridades en la gestión de las fronteras de la UE: Las consecuencias no deseadas de los procesos de securitización en el Mediterráneo |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean Dias, Vanda Amaro Border management European Union Mediterranean Securitization Security practices Gestión de fronteras Unión Europea Mediterráneo Securitización Prácticas de seguridad |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
title_full |
Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
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Insecurities in EU border management: The unintended consequences of securitization processes in the Mediterranean |
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Dias, Vanda Amaro |
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Dias, Vanda Amaro Freire, Maria Raquel |
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Freire, Maria Raquel |
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Dias, Vanda Amaro Freire, Maria Raquel |
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Border management European Union Mediterranean Securitization Security practices Gestión de fronteras Unión Europea Mediterráneo Securitización Prácticas de seguridad |
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Border management European Union Mediterranean Securitization Security practices Gestión de fronteras Unión Europea Mediterráneo Securitización Prácticas de seguridad |
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The goal of this article is to shed light on how securitization processes at the European Union (EU)’s southern borders – the Mediterranean – are feeding various insecurities both inside and outside the EU. We follow a sociological approach to securitization which revisits the work by Thierry Balzacq. By adding to the conceptualization of securitization processes as speech acts and the outcome of security practices, this approach contributes to understanding how specific responses to perceived security threats result from contextual dynamics and power relations between significant actors in the security field. The article lies at the convergence of the fields of Anthropology and International Relations adding to efforts to promote a critical reflection about processes of (in)securitization and emancipatory possibilities for social change. The article concludes that the insecurity narratives feeding border dynamics end up in a spiral of insecurity perceptions with implications for borders’ management. The need to desecuritize policies and practices becomes, thus, part of the way to rethink possibilities for addressing the structural causes of violence and mass dislocation of people at the southern borders of the EU. |
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2022-10-31 |
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