Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy

This article combines the securitization approach with theory of risk and narratological methodology in the analysis of the Danish-Greenlandic government debates about potential uranium exploitation. The authors conclude that the securitization controversy visible at the surface level of policy docu...

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Main Authors: Rasmussen, Rasmus Kjærgaard, Merkelsen, Henrik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
greenlandic
Online Access:https://forskning.ruc.dk/da/publications/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584
https://hdl.handle.net/1800/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584
https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97183/145968
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spelling fturoskildefispu:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584 2023-05-15T16:31:07+02:00 Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy Rasmussen, Rasmus Kjærgaard Merkelsen, Henrik 2017-10 https://forskning.ruc.dk/da/publications/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584 https://hdl.handle.net/1800/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584 https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97183/145968 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Rasmussen , R K & Merkelsen , H 2017 , ' Post-colonial governance through securitization? a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy ' , Politik , vol. 20 , no. 3 , pp. 83-103 . < https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97183/145968 > article 2017 fturoskildefispu 2023-01-11T23:51:20Z This article combines the securitization approach with theory of risk and narratological methodology in the analysis of the Danish-Greenlandic government debates about potential uranium exploitation. The authors conclude that the securitization controversy visible at the surface level of policy documents reflects an identity struggle at the deeper narrative level closely related to the understanding of national identity politics. These underlying stakes are brought to the fore when securitization is used as a governance technique. Article in Journal/Newspaper greenlandic Roskilde University Research Portal (RUC)
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description This article combines the securitization approach with theory of risk and narratological methodology in the analysis of the Danish-Greenlandic government debates about potential uranium exploitation. The authors conclude that the securitization controversy visible at the surface level of policy documents reflects an identity struggle at the deeper narrative level closely related to the understanding of national identity politics. These underlying stakes are brought to the fore when securitization is used as a governance technique.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Rasmussen, Rasmus Kjærgaard
Merkelsen, Henrik
spellingShingle Rasmussen, Rasmus Kjærgaard
Merkelsen, Henrik
Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
author_facet Rasmussen, Rasmus Kjærgaard
Merkelsen, Henrik
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title Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
title_short Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
title_full Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
title_fullStr Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
title_full_unstemmed Post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy
title_sort post-colonial governance through securitization?:a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary danish and greenlandic uranium policy
publishDate 2017
url https://forskning.ruc.dk/da/publications/8667395a-02b7-4756-bc6b-a004e97c0584
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https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97183/145968
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op_source Rasmussen , R K & Merkelsen , H 2017 , ' Post-colonial governance through securitization? a narratological analysis of a securitization controversy in contemporary Danish and Greenlandic uranium policy ' , Politik , vol. 20 , no. 3 , pp. 83-103 . < https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97183/145968 >
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