Parker, O. orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-0876 (2023) The politics of free movement of people in the United Kingdom : beyond securitization and de-securitization? Journal of Common Market Studies, 61 (3). pp. 747-762. ISSN 0021-9886
Abstract
In the decade after 2007 eurosceptic actors in the UK successfully deployed securitizing narratives to portray the free movement of people (FMoP) and EU citizens as a threat to the ‘ontological security’ of national citizens. The ensuing exclusionary policies (up to and beyond the end of FMoP) were normatively problematic, particularly given the absence of evidence in support of those narratives. However, the paper argues that a response aimed at de-securitizing the issue—in this case, a return to the status-quo-ante – is not without its own normative problems. Indeed, the permissive pre-2007 New Labour government's approach to FMoP was not inclusive of all EU citizens. In valorizing EU citizens as ‘independent post-national entrepreneurs’, the marginalization of economically vulnerable EU citizens, particularly via tough welfare conditionality, was legitimated. The paper concludes by reflecting on the theoretical and political implications of the argument.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Common Market Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | free movement; EU citizenship; securitization; ontological security; Brexit |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number European Commission (non-framework) 611891-EPP-1-2019-1-HU-EPPJMO |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2022 10:00 |
Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcms.13410 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189988 |