This study investigates the political discourse in the Danish government’s ‘Ghetto Plan’ of 2018 in order to reveal a securitization dimension in relation to Danish ghettos and non-Western immigrants. There has not been conducted much academic research concerning the Danish ghetto initiatives, and studies on the ‘Danish Ghetto Plan’ of 2018 remain pretty absent. Most previous studies are primarily concentrated on investigating the role of the Danish ghetto initiatives in relation to broader political discourses. By conducting a critical discourse analysis on the Danish ‘Ghetto Plan’ while adopting Huysmans’ theoretical framework on the securitization of migration, this study reveals a securitizing dimension in which the Danish government has constructed the ghettos and non-Western immigrants as threats to the liberal norms and values of Danish society. Thus, this study attempts to provide an insight into how the Danish government is able to implement and justify discriminatory policies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-42725 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Agzigüzel, Seda Emine |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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