Debating Immigrants and Refugees in Central Europe
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- ISBN 9781032245485
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2023
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book investigates the politicisation and framing of immigration in the media and political arena in Central Europe, examining two countries - Czechia and Slovakia - in the period surrounding the “European migrant crisis”. Following years of immigration being practically invisible as an issue in the socio-political debates in most Central and Eastern European countries, it became a key concern because of the crisis. Analyzing news media items and plenary speeches, this book reveals how securitisation eclipses humanitarian considerations, dominating the discourse around immigration and that media and politicians are the two most important intermediaries from which citizens take cues on issues they rarely experience directly themselves. Finally, it also shows how the media and political arena portray immigration differently based on the origin, religious background, and legal status of immigrants.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of migration studies, global governance, international organisations, security studies, and media studies, as well as more broadly for public law, comparative politics and East/Central European politics.
Jan Kovář is Deputy Director for Research and Head of Centre for European Politics at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. He holds a Ph.D. degree in International Relations and European Studies from a joint programme by the Institute of International Relations Prague and Metropolitan University Prague. His main research interests revolve around the study of EU politics, party politics, media and communication studies, and migration in Europe. His work has been published in the International Communication Gazette, Journal of International Relations and Development, Problems of Post-Communism, and other journals. He also serves as the deputy editor-in-chief of Czech Journal of International Relations.
