Female, Deserving, and European? The Changing EUropean Migration Discourse in the Face of the Russia–Ukraine War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7994589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Dück (0000-0002-2624-0083), Zina Weisner (0009-0004-6939-9221, corresponding author), Elodie Thevenin (0000-0002-6880-6911) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-124 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politische Vierteljahresschrift. Sonderheft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0720-4809 • E-ISSN: 1862-2860 |
| Publisher | Springer VS (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11615-024-00573-8 |
| OpenAlex | W4404080049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
The initial response of the European Union (EU) to people fleeing Ukraine was unusually univocal and welcoming, culminating in the swift activation of the Temporary Protection Directive. This predominantly humanitarian response represents a special case and an outlier in terms of how the EU and its member states have responded to previous displacements. This paper explores the discursive construction that made this response possible, by looking at how forced migration from Ukraine has been characterised in the EUropean political discourses. Drawing on discourse theory and critical migration studies, we assume that the discourse is marked by differences drawn along the lines of “race,” “gender,” and “distance,” which are linked to ideas about national identity and European values. In order to reflect the multilevel European discourse, we reconstruct the political discourse on the EU level as well as in two diverse cases, Poland and Germany. Our findings suggest that despite national differences and the presence of well-established tropes of deservingness, the EUropean discourse is not only based on ideas surrounding vulnerability of the Ukrainian Other and the European Self but is also influenced by the perception of the threatening Russian Other . Especially in Poland, welcoming refugees from Ukraine is linked to security concerns, while the EU and German discourses stress the role of European values and solidarity. Thus, the acceptance of Ukrainian refugees should be seen as part of the overall European response to Russian aggression and not as a departure from its previous stance on migration
Face (sociological concept · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · European Politics and Security · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |