Inseguridades en la gestión de las fronteras de la UE: Las consecuencias no deseadas de los procesos de securitización en el Mediterráneo

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Vanda Amaro Dias
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-9132
Maria Raquel Freire

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El objeto del presente artículo es clarificar cómo los procesos de securitización en las fronteras sur de la Unión Europea (UE) – el Mediterráneo – están alimentando inseguridades diversas dentro y fuera de la UE. Seguimos un enfoque sociológico de la securitización que retoma la línea de trabajo de Thierry Balzacq. Al sumarse a la conceptualización de los procesos de securitización como actos de habla y resultado de prácticas de seguridad, este enfoque contribuye para comprender cómo las respuestas específicas a las amenazas de seguridad percibidas resultan de la dinámica contextual y las relaciones de poder entre actores importantes en el campo de la seguridad. El artículo se ubica en la convergencia de la Antropología y de las Relaciones Internacionales que se suman a los esfuerzos por promover una reflexión crítica sobre los procesos de (in)securitización y las posibilidades emancipatorias para el cambio social. Se concluye que las narrativas de inseguridad que alimentan las dinámicas fronterizas terminan en una espiral de percepciones de inseguridad con implicaciones para la gestión de fronteras. La necesidad de desecuritizar las políticas y prácticas se convierte, por lo tanto, en parte del camino para repensar las posibilidades de abordar las causas estructurales de la violencia y el desplazamiento masivo de personas en las fronteras sur de la UE.

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Amaro Dias, V., & Raquel Freire, M. . (2022). Inseguridades en la gestión de las fronteras de la UE: Las consecuencias no deseadas de los procesos de securitización en el Mediterráneo. methaodos.Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 10(2), 297-311. https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v10i2.561
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Vanda Amaro Dias, University of Coimbra

PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the University of Coimbra, researcher at the Centre for Social Studies and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, in the field of European Studies. Her research interests include peace studies, security studies, foreign policy, EU and post-Soviet space.

Maria Raquel Freire, University of Coimbra

PhD in International Relations from Kent University, UK, researcher at the Centre for Social Studies and Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. She is also Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Research interests focus on foreign policy, international security, EU and post-Soviet space.

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