Other articles | Immigrants in the Spanish Armed Forces: an interpretation of public policies
Beatriz Frieyro de Lara, profesora titular de Historia Contemporánea, Universidad de Granada. frieyro@ugr.es. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-7284
Nerea Aia López de Foronda, investigadora predoctoral en Derechos Humanos, Centro de Ética Aplicada, Universidad de Deusto. nerea.aia@opendeusto.es. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1991-0613
The aim of this paper is to interpret the political discourse employed in the process of integrating foreign nationals into Spain’s Armed Forces (2002-2017) and collate it with a wide range of primary sources. The sources include statistics from the Spanish Ministry of Defence, legislation, opinion polls conducted by the public research institute the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS) and data series from Spain’s official statistics agency (INE). The study takes a constructivist approach that seeks to uncover the implicit elements underlying the discourses of public policies, ideas and ideological concepts. It offers a view that is complemented by a historical reconstruction of the facts and an institutional analysis that combines formal elements (laws, policies and opinion polls) with informal components (non-codified practices or ideas and shared meanings).
Key words: Spain, Armed Forces, professionalisation, Latin America, immigrant, critical discourse analysis
How to cite this article: Frieyro de Lara, Beatriz y Aia López de Foronda, Nerea. «Inmigrantes en las Fuerzas Armadas españolas: una interpretación de las políticas públicas». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 137 (septiembre de 2024), p. 197-222. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.137.2.197
Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 137. pp. 197-222
Quadrimestral (May-September 2024)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.137.2.197
Fecha de recepción: 25.01.24 ; Fecha de aceptación: 07.03.24
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