A part of the world in every corner of my country
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2017-08-01
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Migration is a global phenomenon, and one that is currently increasing in both scale and scope, diversity and complexity. Today, we see what appears to be a global trend of associating migration with risks and security, a reluctance to receive migrants, and hence restrictive migration policies. Latin America, however, despite its high levels of trans-border violence, stands out in this regard: it proclaims open, welcoming, and human rights-focused migration policies. This thesis aims to understand this non-securitization of the Latin American migration regime, and will do so through a combination of the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory and a hybrid institutionalist model created out of two complementary perspectives by Lavenex et al. (2016) and Van der Vleuten (2007). It is argued that the explanation of why one type of migration regime occurs over another one can be found in the nature of Latin American migration policies as well as the regional organization’s overall identity, specifically in four factors: an open regional identity; a material and/or ideational interest of the regional hegemon in a non-securitized migration regime; domestic and transnational pressures that are economy-, human rights-, and/or regional identity-driven; and the occurrence of institutional isomorphism.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen