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Discoursing stability: the conception of minorities in the human domain under Turkish sovereignty
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Abstract The concept of human security has become a broad one over the last decades, covering aspects ranging from military threats to terrorism, energy and food security, issues concerning migration and minorities and emergencies associated with them. This presentation brings into discussion the conceptuali... view more
The concept of human security has become a broad one over the last decades, covering aspects ranging from military threats to terrorism, energy and food security, issues concerning migration and minorities and emergencies associated with them. This presentation brings into discussion the conceptualisation of the political identity of the human domain vis-à-vis ethnic identities in Turkey. It suggests the ways in which public political discourse inspired by and encoded in the letter and spirit of the constitution can actually act as major sources of instability at regional level. The presentation aims therefore at illustrating with the Turkish case an important category of potential threats to regional and continental stability originating not in aggressive foreign policies but in the appearance of domestic tranquillity.... view less
Keywords
international relations; ethnicity; minority policy; political stability; political identity; cultural identity; human security; minority; Turkey; sovereignty
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Social Problems
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 91-136
Journal
Annals of the University of Bucharest / Political science series, 13 (2011) 2
ISSN
1582-2486
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works