Abstract
This thesis investigates the securitization of humanitarian migration to Australia. Utilizing securitization theory it looks to
elite discourse, the construction of threat in the speech of political elites, to answer key questions. Is Australia's response to unauthorised boat arrivals the result of entrenched historical fears regarding undesirable immigration? Or are non-traditional security threats best considered a response to emerging global relations? Data to answer these questions has been sourced by exhaustively coding and analysing political rhetoric from two distinct periods, the Vietnamese refugee Crisis 1975-81 and the contemporary era of securitization following the Tampa Affair 2001-2013.
elite discourse, the construction of threat in the speech of political elites, to answer key questions. Is Australia's response to unauthorised boat arrivals the result of entrenched historical fears regarding undesirable immigration? Or are non-traditional security threats best considered a response to emerging global relations? Data to answer these questions has been sourced by exhaustively coding and analysing political rhetoric from two distinct periods, the Vietnamese refugee Crisis 1975-81 and the contemporary era of securitization following the Tampa Affair 2001-2013.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 26 Jun 2018 |
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| Publication status | Unpublished - 2018 |
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