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Kritický pohled na bezpečnostní diskurs migrace
A Critical View on Securitization Discourse in Migration Studies

Author(s): David Kostlán
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: security; migration; securitization of migration; migration policy

Summary/Abstract: A Critical View on Securitization Discourse in Migration Studies. Securitization discourse on migration became one of the leading perspectives of the interpretation in political science how the national state has been dealing with the high numbers of immigrants in the last two decades. It views immigration as a threat to the nation-state because of inflow of unknown or unrecognised. This article's main contribution is a systematic discussion on migration policies reflected by social theorists with a special attention paid to the concept of security in migration theory. Inspired by post-structuralist approach, author argues that migration theories became highly influenced by public and media discourse that reproduce knowledge on dominant social groups in the nation-state. Sociológia 2014, Vol. 46 (No. 4: 393-411)

  • Issue Year: 46/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 393-411
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Czech