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

Rasmus Kjærgaard Rasmussen, Henrik Merkelsen

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Abstract

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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPolitik
Vol/bind20
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)83-103
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2017

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