Concept of societal security and theory of securitization as analytical framework for analysis of Turkey access to European Union

Abstract

When the concept of societal security focused on social community and identity as its main value was constructed, a deeper political and security analysis of social phenomena and processes was possible to make. In the paper, the authors use the concept of societal security to analyse the actual process of the Republic of Turkey's accession to the European Union with special emphasis on the attitudes and statements of the EU and political representatives of its member states who securitize, by rethoric, Turkey's accession in order to protect the European identity.

Konstituisanjem koncepta socijetalne bezbednosti, koji kao referentni objekat izučava društvenu zajednicu i identitet kao njenu vrednost, omogućena je dublja politička i bezbednosna analiza društvenih pojava i procesa. U radu autori kroz koncept socijetalne bezbednosti analiziraju aktuelni proces pristupanja Republike Turske Evropskoj uniji, stavljajući poseban naglasak na stavove i izjave političkih predstavnika EU i država članica, koji svojom retorikom sekuritizuju prijem Turske radi zaštite evropskog identiteta.