Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization

This study explores different perceptions of security and investigates if recognition of climate change as a security issue has implications for countries’ armed forces. I use a securitization framework to understand how discursive positions are created, and by making the framework more dynamic I in...

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Main Author: Söder, Rickard
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning 2019
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-3857282019-06-19T05:30:56ZClimate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of SecuritizationengSöder, RickardUppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning2019Climate changeSecuritySecuritizationArmed ForcesOther Social Sciences not elsewhere specifiedÖvrig annan samhällsvetenskapThis study explores different perceptions of security and investigates if recognition of climate change as a security issue has implications for countries’ armed forces. I use a securitization framework to understand how discursive positions are created, and by making the framework more dynamic I investigate how similar security matters are represented in different ways. I argue that securitization of climate change in national contexts changes the armed forces’ strategies to bring about security and that their activities are affected by the underlying logics of the discursive arguments. To investigate the proposed relation, I conduct a comparative case study of Norway and Sweden, and find that different ideas about the security dimension of climate change have different implications for the armed forces’ practices and organization. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-385728application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language English
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topic Climate change
Security
Securitization
Armed Forces
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
spellingShingle Climate change
Security
Securitization
Armed Forces
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
Söder, Rickard
Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
description This study explores different perceptions of security and investigates if recognition of climate change as a security issue has implications for countries’ armed forces. I use a securitization framework to understand how discursive positions are created, and by making the framework more dynamic I investigate how similar security matters are represented in different ways. I argue that securitization of climate change in national contexts changes the armed forces’ strategies to bring about security and that their activities are affected by the underlying logics of the discursive arguments. To investigate the proposed relation, I conduct a comparative case study of Norway and Sweden, and find that different ideas about the security dimension of climate change have different implications for the armed forces’ practices and organization.
author Söder, Rickard
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title Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
title_short Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
title_full Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
title_fullStr Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change & (In)Security : Practical Implications of Securitization
title_sort climate change & (in)security : practical implications of securitization
publisher Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning
publishDate 2019
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