Securitization or Securing Rights? Exploring the Conceptual Foundations of Policies towards Minorities and Migrants in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7876992
AuthorsGwendolyn Sasse (0000-0001-6254-3949, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume43
Issue4
Pages673-693
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-5965.2005.00591.x
OpenAlexW1967521349
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited38

Minority and migration issues tend to be framed either in terms of security and control or rights. Rather than lamenting the securitization of these issues in the academic and policy debate and advocating a focus on rights as an alternative, this article calls for the re-conceptualization in terms of a ‘security-rights nexus’. It is argued here that minority and migration issues and their conceptual interlock have a clear security dimension, but that these concerns are best addressed through rights-based policies. Through an analysis of the policy approaches of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the EU, this article traces two related dimensions of the ‘security-rights nexus’, namely the increasing linkages between policies towards minorities and migrants and between security and rights. Both institutions' emphasis on ‘integration’ in minority and migration policies reflects the two interrelated dimensions of the ‘security-rights’ nexus

Computer security · Conceptualization · Economics · Human rights · Law and economics · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Securitization · Security interest · Security policy · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration

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