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Securing borders, securitizing climate change: the emergence of a climate security discourse in U.S. engagement with Central America

Alternative title:
Securing borders, securitizing climate change
Abstract:

This thesis investigates why and how U.S. officials have framed climate change as a national security threat and used this discourse as part of a broader effort to justify deterring—discouraging and criminalizing—migration from Mexico and Northern Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) since NAFTA. Scholars have long found migration deterrence in this geography to be a U.S. government priority. The U.S. has typically pursued deterrence through militarized border security. I fi...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
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Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Smith School
Role:
Supervisor

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https://ror.org/048b0n981
Grant:
GG2121843
Programme:
Rotary International Global Grant
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/00k4n6c32
Grant:
Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 870245
Programme:
European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme: Global Excellence in Modeling Climate and Energy Policies

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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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