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1	A study of movement and order : the securitization of migration in Canada and France Bourbeau, Philippe 11 1900 (has links) This dissertation is about the movement of people and the system of order underpinning the movement. In undertaking a comparative study of Canada and France between 1989 and 2005, the study explores a widespread phenomenon that security studies and migration scholars would have considered an anomaly only two decades ago: understanding the movement of people as an existential security threat. How is it that nation-states around the globe are cracking down on migration for security reasons? How do we know if migration has been securitized - and which criteria should we employed to guide our analysis? What are the social mechanisms at play in the interaction between movement and order? Does a variation in levels of securitized migration exist - and if so, what are the key determinants of the variation? These questions are at the heart of the present study. My argument is twofold. First, I contend that a constructivist perspective is useful in gaining a better understanding of the social mechanisms involved in the securitization of migration as it highlights discursive power, ideational factors, and cultural/contextual elements. Second, I argue that securitization theory - the current benchmark in securitization research - remains silent on the issue of variation in levels of securitized migration. As such, securitization theory, as currently applied and organized, cannot explain empirical findings of my study - a weak securitization in Canada versus a strong securitization in France. Underscoring the necessity to amend securitization theory, I investigate the impact of cultural factors - and especially the role of domestic audience - to account for the variation. Securitized migration Constructivism
2	A study of movement and order : the securitization of migration in Canada and France Bourbeau, Philippe 11 1900 (has links) This dissertation is about the movement of people and the system of order underpinning the movement. In undertaking a comparative study of Canada and France between 1989 and 2005, the study explores a widespread phenomenon that security studies and migration scholars would have considered an anomaly only two decades ago: understanding the movement of people as an existential security threat. How is it that nation-states around the globe are cracking down on migration for security reasons? How do we know if migration has been securitized - and which criteria should we employed to guide our analysis? What are the social mechanisms at play in the interaction between movement and order? Does a variation in levels of securitized migration exist - and if so, what are the key determinants of the variation? These questions are at the heart of the present study. My argument is twofold. First, I contend that a constructivist perspective is useful in gaining a better understanding of the social mechanisms involved in the securitization of migration as it highlights discursive power, ideational factors, and cultural/contextual elements. Second, I argue that securitization theory - the current benchmark in securitization research - remains silent on the issue of variation in levels of securitized migration. As such, securitization theory, as currently applied and organized, cannot explain empirical findings of my study - a weak securitization in Canada versus a strong securitization in France. Underscoring the necessity to amend securitization theory, I investigate the impact of cultural factors - and especially the role of domestic audience - to account for the variation. Securitized migration Constructivism
3	A study of movement and order : the securitization of migration in Canada and France Bourbeau, Philippe 11 1900 (has links) This dissertation is about the movement of people and the system of order underpinning the movement. In undertaking a comparative study of Canada and France between 1989 and 2005, the study explores a widespread phenomenon that security studies and migration scholars would have considered an anomaly only two decades ago: understanding the movement of people as an existential security threat. How is it that nation-states around the globe are cracking down on migration for security reasons? How do we know if migration has been securitized - and which criteria should we employed to guide our analysis? What are the social mechanisms at play in the interaction between movement and order? Does a variation in levels of securitized migration exist - and if so, what are the key determinants of the variation? These questions are at the heart of the present study. My argument is twofold. First, I contend that a constructivist perspective is useful in gaining a better understanding of the social mechanisms involved in the securitization of migration as it highlights discursive power, ideational factors, and cultural/contextual elements. Second, I argue that securitization theory - the current benchmark in securitization research - remains silent on the issue of variation in levels of securitized migration. As such, securitization theory, as currently applied and organized, cannot explain empirical findings of my study - a weak securitization in Canada versus a strong securitization in France. Underscoring the necessity to amend securitization theory, I investigate the impact of cultural factors - and especially the role of domestic audience - to account for the variation. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate Securitized migration Constructivism
4	Mandatory Disclosure and the CSA Proposed Legislation for Securitized Products Bonera, Lorenzo 21 November 2012 (has links) One of the main factors that spurred the 2008 financial crisis was the trading of securitized products without a clear understanding of the risks that those products bore. I argue that an appropriate regime of mandatory disclosure is the primary instrument regulators should refer to in order to correct the informational asymmetries that are present in the market for securities products. Subsequently, I take into consideration the CSA proposed legislation for the mandatory disclosure of securitized products and analyze its main components under the light of the principles of investor protection and market efficiency. I find that the new legislation should be welcome by market operators because it is a good balancing effort between the necessity to protect the investors and fostering the efficiency of the market. mandatory disclosure securitized products market for lemons investor protection 0398
5	Mandatory Disclosure and the CSA Proposed Legislation for Securitized Products Bonera, Lorenzo 21 November 2012 (has links) One of the main factors that spurred the 2008 financial crisis was the trading of securitized products without a clear understanding of the risks that those products bore. I argue that an appropriate regime of mandatory disclosure is the primary instrument regulators should refer to in order to correct the informational asymmetries that are present in the market for securities products. Subsequently, I take into consideration the CSA proposed legislation for the mandatory disclosure of securitized products and analyze its main components under the light of the principles of investor protection and market efficiency. I find that the new legislation should be welcome by market operators because it is a good balancing effort between the necessity to protect the investors and fostering the efficiency of the market. mandatory disclosure securitized products market for lemons investor protection 0398
6	Constructing a Security Threat? : Identifying Securitization in US State Level Politics Framing of the BLM Protests Bjuremalm, Rebecka January 2021 (has links) 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. From this material, four frames have been identified: the alienated outsider frame, the constructive rage frame, the limited guardian frame, and the desecuritizing frame. Recent developments in securitization theory investigate human life and dignity as a reference object, making a case for integrating humanitarianism in terms of grounds for justifying extraordinary measures. Three grounds for securitization are investigated empirically in the identified frames: state, social and humanitarian security. The study concludes that whilst both state security and to a lesser degree humanitarian security are detected in the identified frames, societal security seems to be the most prominent. This suggests that large-scale identities are the most common reference objects in the treated context. Further research is encouraged, especially in terms of distinguishing potential frame alignment processes by looking at a greater number of states over a longer period of time. securitization Copenhagen School framing analysis protest movements Black Lives Matter securitized citizens contentious politics Political Science Statsvetenskap
7	Sekuritizace - analýza a dopady / Securitization - Analysis and Implications Maťašová, Dominika January 2012 (has links) In the present work we study the securitized products of ?financial markets with focus on collateralized debt obligations and the impact of fi?nancial crisis on the markets in the world. First part the thesis is focused on the methodology of the reasons behind launching these products, the portfolio, tranches and further on mechanisms how these structures are working. In the second part the thesis teoretically describes the valuation methods for which the Markov chains and copula functions are used. Further on follows the practical part with output from the quantitative analysis and at the end the thesis describes the impacts on economics of di?fferent countries and practically introduces the stress testing as the precaution tool.
8	Perverse state formation and securitized democracy in Latin America Pearce, Jenny V. January 2010 (has links) Two key themes of this special issue are: how violence challenges democracy and how democratic politics might, over time, diminish violence. This paper explores how violence(s) embedded in Latin America's state formation process are multiplied rather than diminished through democratization, generating a securitizing logic which fundamentally distorts democratic principles. Known for its high levels of historic violence(s), Latin America today is second only to Southern Africa in levels of homicide in the world. Some see contemporary violence in the region as a rupture from the past: ‘new violence’ characterized by its urban and social nature in contrast to the rural and political nature of the past. Violence, however, has a reproductive quality, by which it is transmitted through space as well as time. This article argues that rather than reflecting a rupture with the past, violence in Latin America has merely accelerated its complex reproduction in many forms across (gendered) spaces of socialization. The paradox is that the proliferation of this violence has occurred alongside democratic transitions. Although the state is not directly responsible for all the violence which is taking place, this article argues that in many countries it is the very trajectory of the state-formation process which has facilitated this rapid reproduction of violence. I call this process ‘perverse’. Democracy is increasingly subject to the fears and insecurities of the population, enabling the state to build its authority not on the protection of citizens' rights, but on its armed encounters and insidious collusions with violent actors in the name of ‘security provision’. Categories of people become non-citizens, subjected to abuse by state, para-state and non-state violent actors. If this process continues, democracy will ultimately be securitized.
9	Politik eller Säkerhet? : Hur Säkerhetsrådet ramar in klimatfrågan Sundin, Jakob January 2018 (has links) Många frågor har gått från att inte handla om politik till att bli politiserade, men det finns ytterligare ett steg – när en fråga blir så brådskande och hotande att den anses vara för viktig för att lämnas åt politiker, så har den blivit säkerhetiserad. En av de mest debatterade frågorna på senare år har varit klimatförändringar, särskilt efter Agenda 2030 och Parisavtalet antogs. Står klimatförändringar nu inför att säkerhetiseras? Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om klimatfrågan har blivit säkerhetiserad i FN:s Säkerhetsråd under mandatperioden 2017-2018. Olika inramningar från Säkerhetsrådets medlemmar identifieras och kategoriseras, för att sedan undersöka hur dessa inramningar resonerar med publiken. Detta tillåter oss att se vilka inramningar som har accepterats av rådet och vilka inramningar som ignoreras, för att analysera om vissa specifika inramningar har säkerhetiserats och andra inte. Uppsatsens främsta slutsats är att Säkerhetsrådet enhälligt har säkerhetiserat klimatförändringar som ett regionalt problem, men inte som ett globalt. Vissa medlemmar har utan framgång försökt ta säkerhetiseringen längre, men att säkerhetisera frågan på lägre nivå är även det nytt för Säkerhetsrådet. Vidare forskning kan exempelvis fokusera på vilka anledningar som förekommer för att motsätta sig säkerhetisering av klimatförändringar som ett globalt problem, jämföra säkerhetiseringen i Säkerhetsrådet med andra forum eller undersöka de praktiska effekterna av regional säkerhetisering. / Many issues have taken the journey from being non-political to being politicized, but there is one further step – when an issue becomes so urgent and threatening that it is considered too important to be left in the hands of our politicians, it has become securitized. One of the most debated issues of recent years has been climate change, especially after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. Does climate change now stand on the brink of securitization? The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the issue of climate change has been securitized in the UN Security Council during the term of 2017-2018. Different ways in which members of the Council have framed the issue are identified and categorized, before looking at how these frames resonate with the audience. This allows us to see which frames are accepted by the Council and which frames are disregarded, in order to analyze if some specific frames have been securitized while others have not. The main finding of this thesis is that the Security Council unanimously has securitized climate change as a regional issue, but not as a global one. Some members have unsuccessfully tried to take the securitization further, but even a smaller-scaled securitization of climate change is new to the Council. Further research could, for example, focus on what the reasons are for opposing securitization of climate change as a global issue, compare the securitization in the Council with other forums, or study the practical effects of regional securitization. securitization securitisation securitised securitized securitizing securitising climate change environment environmental security council united nations un unsc framing frames frame säkerhetisering säkerhetiseringsteori säkerhetiseringsteorin säkerhet säkerhetsrådet fn förenta nationerna inramning ramar politisering politik parisavtalet agenda 2030 klimatfrågan klimatförändringar klimathot klimathotet klimatpolitik klimatproblem miljöproblem miljöfrågan miljöförändringar miljöpolitik Political Science Statsvetenskap

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