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Diagnosing the Securitisation of Immigration at the EU Level: A New Method for Stronger Empirical Claims

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  • Stéphane J. Baele
  • Olivier C. Sterck

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type="main"> Has immigration been securitised at the EU level? The question has been hotly discussed, but no consensus has been reached. This article claims that two shortcomings – one methodological, one theoretical – in the empirical conduct of securitisation theory (ST) have provoked this lack of consensus. Taking this situation as an opportunity, a quantitative method is introduced that addresses these two shortcomings, thereby helping to reach a stronger claim on the securitisation of immigration at the EU level. By measuring the intensity of the security framing in EU legislation on immigration, the method helps avoid simplistic binary statements of (non-)securitisation and encourages the scholar to acknowledge the complex, multifaceted reality of vast political fields. The results contribute to accrediting the thesis according to which immigration has been securitised at the EU level, but nuances it by demonstrating a significant variation between the various subfields of the policy (e.g. asylum, legal immigration).

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  • Stéphane J. Baele & Olivier C. Sterck, 2015. "Diagnosing the Securitisation of Immigration at the EU Level: A New Method for Stronger Empirical Claims," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 63(5), pages 1120-1139, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:63:y:2015:i:5:p:1120-1139
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    1. Stephane J. Baele & Olivier C. Sterck & Elisabeth Meur, 2016. "Theorizing and Measuring Emotions in Conflict," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 60(4), pages 718-747, June.
    2. Jules Gazeaud & Eric Mvukiyehe & Olivier Sterck, 2023. "Cash Transfers and Migration: Theory and Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(1), pages 143-157, January.
    3. AKM Ahsan Ullah & Noor Hasharina Hasan & Siti Mazidah Mohamad & Diotima Chattoraj, 2020. "Migration and Security: Implications for Minority Migrant Groups," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 76(1), pages 136-153, March.
    4. Vasyltsiv Taras & Mulska Olha & Osinska Oksana & Makhonyuk Oleksandr, 2022. "Social and economic development of Ukraine: Modelling the migration factor impact," Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 8(3), pages 27-58, October.

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