Discursive energy security : narratives and public relations in natural gas pipelines. Nabucco vs. South Stream case study
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| Název v anglickém jazyce: | Discursive energy security : narratives and public relations in natural gas pipelines. Nabucco vs. South Stream case study |
| Klíčová slova: | Energy policy, discourse analysis, energy security, securitisation theory, public relations |
| Klíčová slova anglicky: | Energy policy, discourse analysis, energy security, securitisation theory, public relations |
| Akademický rok vypsání: | 2009/2010 |
| Typ práce: | diplomová práce |
| Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
| Ústav: | Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií (23-KRVS) |
| Vedoucí / školitel: | Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. |
| Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem |
| Datum přihlášení: | 08.05.2011 |
| Datum zadání: | 08.05.2011 |
| Datum a čas obhajoby: | 20.06.2011 00:00 |
| Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 17.06.2011 |
| Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 20.06.2011 |
| Oponenti: | prof. PhDr. Emil Aslan, Ph.D. |
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| Práce zkoumá teoretické a praktické aplikace public relations na geopolitické téma mezinárodních energetických projektů se snahou rozšířit možnosti našeho porozumění současné dominanci energetického sektoru v politice a společnosti. V užším slova smyslu práce analyzuje způsob, jímž jsou energetické společnosti s blízkým vztahem ke státu schopny vytvářet a udržovat přesvědčení o legitimitě jejich využívání přírodních zdrojů a jejím souladu s národními a politickými zájmy tohoto státu. Koncepčním jádrem práce je kritická diskursivní analýza legitimizačních strategií společností Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and Gazprom’s South Stream Pipeline. S jejím využitím autorka rozebírá soutěžení konceptů dvou produktovodů o existenci a legitimní dominanci nad evropským diskursivním prostorem. Srovnává využité narativní konstrukty s reálnými kvantitativními faktory formujícími evropský energetický trh a s technickými a finančními specifiky obou produktovodů na základě odhadu jejich schopnosti vycházet vstříc požadavkům na energetickou spotřebu a bezpečnost. Cílem práce je demonstrovat, jak byly Nabucco a South Stream svým PR diskursem schopny překonat vlastní technické a finanční nedostatky a vyvolat dojem, že jsou geopolitickými nástroji v soutěži s nulovým součtem a jak si tímto způsobem zajišťují svou prostou existenci. |
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| The paper studies the theoretical and practical application of public relations to the geopolitical nature of international energy projects in order to expand our understanding of the energy sector’s domination of the current political and social environments. More specifically, the paper analyses how energy companies that exhibit close links to the state are able to create and cultivate beliefs in the legitimacy of their exploitation of society’s resources in pursuit of their country’s national political interests. The focus of the paper is a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the competition for legitimacy between Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and Gazprom’s South Stream Pipeline. The paper analyzes the discursive competition between the two pipelines over existence in, and legitimate domination of, the European discursive space. It then compares constructed narratives to quantitative factors that shape the European energy market and technical and financial specifications of each pipeline on the basis of its ability to adequately meet European energy demands and enhance European energy security. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate how Nabucco and South Stream have been able to overcome discursively their technical and financial shortcomings to become perceived as geopolitical tools in a zero-sum game competition and how only this meaning enables the projects to exist.
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