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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"securitisation"”.
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Essays in asset securitisation
… of this thesis is to consider the role of securitisation undetaken by firms in the financial sector by looking at five different questions related to securitisation. The thesis begins with a comparison of the institutional and market characteristics of securitisation in the US and Europe. …
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Three essays on securitisation
Securitisation has been viewed as a key bank funding, risk management and performance improvement tool over the last two decades. However, the financial crisis of 2007-2009 has shown that engagement in securitisation might create significant financial problems for banks and consequently lead to …
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Securitisation and European natural gas policy
… this relationship through the perspective of securitisation theory, utilising but also extending the framework of the Copenhagen School. More specifically, it aims to analyse the process through which natural gas supplies in the European Union were securitised and explore its impact on the …
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An analysis of the law and practice of securitisation
The introduction, and evolution of securitisation over the years, has made a phenomenal contribution to the area of corporate finance. Securitisation is specialised area which has evolved to deliver considerable advantages to banks and their corporate and government clients, a sub-subjected …
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Understanding cyber diplomacy through actor-network and securitisation theories
… by two theoretical lenses: Actor-Network and Securitisation theories. Based on a qualitative approach, this research adopted a constructivist philosophy/worldview, with an exploratory view and a thematic analysis. In total, 42 semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts, including …
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Securitisation of the response to rhinoceros poaching in South Africa
The thesis examines conditions and nature of securitisation of a rhinoceros antipoaching response in South Africa after 2010. In a surge of rising numbers of animals being illegally hunt for their horns and other parts, the country awoke in a scramble over effective mitigation measures. Through …
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Assumptions and Reality: The securitisation of human trafficking in Southern Africa
… securitised. In using the Copenhagen School's securitisation theory as an analytical framework, the dissertation will examine the international and regional (southern Africa) dimensions of the securitisation of human trafficking. The emergence of human trafficking as a social problem in public …
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The Role of Intelligence in Securitisation Processes: A Tool or An Agent
… study of the role of the Intelligence Service in securitisation processes best fits into this characterisation, as the Intelligence Service is specially designed to collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information about domestic and international environments. Moreover, being an entity that …
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Distorted Security Discourses. The ROK’s Securitisation of the Korean Nuclear Crisis, 2003–2013
… progressives and conservatives. By drawing upon Securitisation Theory (ST), this study challenges the current security discourse in South Korea, which has divided and misled the public as well as securitising actors. This study examines the security discourses of the Roh Moo-hyun (2003–2008) and …
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Liminal Boundaries and Vulnerabilities to Radicalisation in the Context of Securitisation of Migration
This thesis examines the systemic securitisation of migration, the production of liminality and associated vulnerabilities to radicalisation in a refugee camp context against a global backdrop. The camp has been conceived as a total institution that presents forms of physical, mental and other …
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Due diligence in the protection of victims of trafficking: responding to the securitisation of migration
The securitisation of migration by European States, where irregular migrants are seen as threats to the State’s border security, continues to have negative consequences for victims of human trafficking. Instruments such as the Dublin III Regulation, the ‘hotspot approach’ and detention and …
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The securitisation of ethnic identities and the 1993 genocide in Burundi: an interpretative case study
… Hutu and Tutsi population as the product of the securitisation of ethnic identities. By utilising an International Security Studies approach in combination with a Fanonian conception of colonial society, this dissertation provides an alternative interpretation as to why the genocide occurred. At …
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A critical evaluation of the securitisation process of EU-Russia energy relations: actors, audiences, and consequences
… from the perspective of a critical reading of securitisation theory. Following Balzacq (2005) and Fierke (2007), the securitisation process is de-constructed into the follows elements: securitisation actors (in Russia and in the EU), the speech act (negotiation of energy security to the …
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Securitisation of mortgage loans, regulatory capital arbitrage and bank stability in South Africa: Econometric and theoretic analyses
… from the literature indicate that the use of securitisation as an instrument for regulatory arbitrage weakened banks’ soundness and caused, at least partially, the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis. In this regard, financial institutions continually took advantage of the loopholes in the Basel …
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Islamic Mortgages: A Comparative Study to Improve the Legal and Financial System of Mortgages in the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a Regulatory Analysis of the US and UK, and Case Analyses of the UK, Sharjah, Dubai and Saudi Arabia
… in Saudi Arabia, with regulatory analyses of securitisation in the US and EU, and case analyses of the UK, Sharjah, and Dubai. The regulatory analyses of securitization show how the excesses of modern financial legal techniques to greatly expand opportunistic developments of mortgagebacked …
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The Securitisation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in the United Nations Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The Case of Liberia, 2000-2013
This thesis explores the securitisation of sexual violence in the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda, drawing on the Liberian experience. This study is conducted through a critical discourse analysis of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council from 2000 to 2019, …
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Migration and Political Discourse: Comparing the Visegrad Group and European Union Institutional Narratives
… the temporal and thematic alignment between the securitisation discourse of the Visegrad Group and major terrorist events and the following change in the EU-level discourse on the migration crisis, particularly the European Council, Council of the EU, and European Commission. In addition, the …
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Theoretical essays on bank risk-taking and financial stability
… are explored: (1) the moral-hazard incentive for securitisation, (2) the socially optimal banking structure for the economy, and (3) the relationship between bank competition and financial stability, based on bank funding structures and fire-sale risks. Chapter 2 proposes a model to study how bank …
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Rethinking terrorism in Mozambique: A critical analysis of the use of the terrorism term to describe the political violence in Cabo Delgado.
… study employs the Constructivist approach and securitisation theory, which uses constructivism to understand how perceptions and threats are created, thereby securitising violence. Securitisation refers to the process by which agents transform political issues into security matters, thereby …
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