Entangled Vulnerabilities
Gendered and Racialised Bodies and Borders in EU External Border Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Sachseder (0000-0002-1077-3352, Central European University), Saskia Stachowitsch (0000-0003-2402-5141, Central European University), Madita Standke-Erdmann (0000-0001-7472-515X, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1-29 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2023.2291060 |
| PMID | 39318502 |
| OpenAlex | W4390586707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 110 |
The notion of vulnerability is gaining traction in EU border protection. On the one hand, the concept refers to vulnerable migrants and their affectedness by insecurity and violence. On the other, it indicates the susceptibility of borders to irregular crossings and cross-border crime. Both forms of vulnerability are assessed through dedicated procedures under the umbrella of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex. To make sense of these seemingly contradictory conceptual and practical uses of vulnerability, we draw on feminist postcolonial scholarship in security studies and political geography. We argue that a shared colonial matrix of gendered and racialised meanings and problematisations enables analogies between borders and bodies as (un-)deserving of protection. In a discourse-theoretical analysis of Frontex documents, we show how the ambiguous use of vulnerability legitimises the EU border regime and its security practices by constructing EU bordering as neutral and objective and EU borders as objects of care. We conclude that vulnerability becomes increasingly important for normalising the EU's violent borders in the context of the EU's broader claims to liberal values of freedom, protection, and human rights
Border Security · Economic geography · Geography · Irregular migration · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |