TY - UNPB
T1 - From the Barcelona Process to the Arab Spring
T2 - The Role of Emotions in the EU Migration Policy towards the Mediterranean countries
AU - Blanc, Emmanuelle
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Since the 1990s, the issue of migration has gained in importance in the framework of EuroMediterranean relations. Over time, EU policy has progressively shifted from a “normativecomprehensive” toolbox aiming at tackling the root causes of migration through development aid, towards a more restrictive control-oriented toolbox (including practices of policing, surveillance and semi-militarized measures) designed to put an immediate stop to migration flows to Europe. This significant shift blemishes the image of the EU as a “normative power” and contravenes the original region-building spirit at the core of the Barcelona Process. In order to explain this change, I propose an emotional approach, centring on insights of social psychology and more generally located within constructivism in international relations. An indepth discourse analysis of official EU documents, as well as an analysis of resulting practices on the ground reveal the causal link between the socially constructed fear of migrants and the EU’s departure from the normative approach to migration towards a more control-oriented one.
AB - Since the 1990s, the issue of migration has gained in importance in the framework of EuroMediterranean relations. Over time, EU policy has progressively shifted from a “normativecomprehensive” toolbox aiming at tackling the root causes of migration through development aid, towards a more restrictive control-oriented toolbox (including practices of policing, surveillance and semi-militarized measures) designed to put an immediate stop to migration flows to Europe. This significant shift blemishes the image of the EU as a “normative power” and contravenes the original region-building spirit at the core of the Barcelona Process. In order to explain this change, I propose an emotional approach, centring on insights of social psychology and more generally located within constructivism in international relations. An indepth discourse analysis of official EU documents, as well as an analysis of resulting practices on the ground reveal the causal link between the socially constructed fear of migrants and the EU’s departure from the normative approach to migration towards a more control-oriented one.
UR - https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/253252/7_dokument_dok_pdf_44245_2.pdf/8ccadb59-1047-c10e-4123-b26c8cecf452?version=1.0&t=1539651215167
M3 - Working paper
SP - 1
EP - 52
BT - From the Barcelona Process to the Arab Spring
PB - European Forum at the Hebrew University
CY - Jerusalem
ER -