Fortress Europe? Evaluation of Ideas for the Future of the EU
Pevnost Evropa? Zhodnocení nápadů pro budoucnost EU
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/110584Identifikátory
SIS: 202581
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17632]
Autor
Vedoucí práce
Konzultant práce
Maze, Jacob Alan
Oponent práce
Mičko, Branislav
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Mezinárodní ekonomická a politická studia
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra politologie
Datum obhajoby
23. 9. 2019
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
Klíčová slova (česky)
Evropská unie, imigrace, zesilování významu hranic, pevnost evropa, Rakousko, Německo, ItálieKlíčová slova (anglicky)
European Union, immigration, border-hardening, Fortress Europe, Austria, Germany, ItalyBibliographic note Putensen, J., 2019. Fortress Europe? Evaluation of Ideas for the Future of the EU. Master's thesis. Charles University, Prague. Abstract This thesis explores the use of the symbolic term Fortress Europe by political parties and move- ments in Austria, Germany, and Italy who are in favor of establishing a Fortress Europe and their ideas for what a Fortress Europe should look like. While the use of the term by left-wing critics of European immigration policies has been well covered in the literature, no author has yet analyzed the use of the term by political parties and movements that have started to demand a Fortress Europe since 2015. Based on an analysis of the appearance of the term Fortress Eu- rope in European media coverage conducted via the Factiva database, three countries with a relatively high use of the term in their media were selected for in-depth case studies. In partic- ular, the ideas of the following three extreme right groups were analyzed and compared: the Identitarian Movement Austria (IBÖ), the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), and Fortezza Europa (literal translation from Italian: Fortress Europe). It was found that their vi- sions of a Fortress Europe are very similar and aim to prevent any type of foreign immigration on a large scale in order to preserve...