The External Dimension of European Union Counter-Terrorism Discourse: Good Governance, the Arab “Spring” and the “Foreign Fighters”

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Authors
Publication date 2017
Journal Uluslararası İlişkiler/Journal of International Relations
Volume | Issue number 14 | 55
Pages (from-to) 59-74
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Abstract
The central objective of this article is to contribute to studies on EU counter-terrorism discourse by bringing the “external dimension” in. To that end, it borrows concepts of the Discourse-Historical Approach and provides an in-depth linguistic examination of the international aspect of the EU’s counter-terrorism discourse. The article identifies good governance and the Arab “Spring” as two central themes of this discourse and illustrates the linguistic means in which the two topics are made “natural” and “normal” by reference to counter-terrorism. The analysis also discusses the political and normative effects of EU discursive construction of counter-terrorism.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://www.uidergisi.com.tr/yazilar/the-external-dimension-of-european-union-counter-terrorism-discourse-good-governance-the-arab-%E2%80%9Cspring%E2%80%9D-and-the-%E2%80%9Cforeign-fighters%E2%80%9D https://www.academia.edu/34533385/The_External_Dimension_of_European_Union_Counter-Terrorism_Discourse_Good_Governance_the_Arab_Spring_and_the_Foreign_Fighters_
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