Los Muros Balcánicos del Siglo XXI. Entre la efectividad simbólica y la ineficacia funcional
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2026
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“Los Muros Balcánicos del Siglo XXI: entre la efectividad simbólica y la ineficacia funcional” aborda - a través del análisis de discursos- el diseño, desarrollo y aplicación de la teicho-política en la Península entre 2012 y 2020. La investigación se desarrolla combinando la perspectiva constructivista de las Relaciones Internacionales con el Postestructuralismo Lingüístico. Se analizan, en concreto, las barreras erigidas en las fronteras griega con Turquía (2012/2015), búlgara con Turquía (2014), húngara con Serbia y Croacia (2015), austríaca con Eslovenia (2015), eslovena con Croacia (2015), macedónica con Grecia (2015) y serbia con Macedonia (2020). Tanto la relevancia temática como el recorte geográfico-temporal de esta investigación quedan justificados en la concentración de este fenómeno: más del 40% de los muros anti-inmigración europeos están ubicados en la Península Balcánica y han sido construidos en el Siglo XXI. A través del Análisis Crítico del Discurso sobre la teicho-política, se confirmó la efectividad simbólica de los vallados, así como el poder dialéctico del discurso para generar sentimientos identitarios aglutinantes, para reforzar tanto identidades nacionales como de pertenencia europea, para desarrollar imaginarios sociales en torno a la inmigración, y para construir consensos para la gestión gubernamental y el potenciamiento de campañas políticas. Se espera que estos resultados puedan ser una mirada novedosa sobre la problemática de las identidades y de las migraciones en la península Balcánica, así como, en el cruce disciplinar con la lingüística, un aporte al campo de las Relaciones Internacionales.
“The Balkan Walls of the 21st Century: Between Symbolic Effectiveness and Functional Ineffectiveness” addresses, through discourse analysis, the design, development, and implementation of teicho-politics in the Peninsula from 2012 to 2020. The research combines a constructivist perspective of International Relations with Linguistic Poststructuralism. Specifically, it analyzes the barriers erected at the Greek-Turkish border (2012/2015), Bulgarian-Turkish border (2014), Hungarian borders with Serbia and Croatia (2015), Austrian border with Slovenia (2015), Slovenian-Croatian border (2015), Macedonian-Greek border (2015), and Serbian-Macedonian border (2020). The thematic relevance and the geographical-temporal focus of this research are justified by the concentration of this phenomenon: over 40% of Europe’s anti-immigration walls are in the Balkan Peninsula and were constructed in the 21st century. Through Critical Discourse Analysis of teicho-politics, the study confirmed the symbolic effectiveness of the barriers, as well as the dialectical power of discourse to generate unifying identity sentiments, reinforce both national identities and European belonging, develop social imaginaries around immigration, and build consensus for governmental management and the empowerment of political campaigns. It is hoped that these results will provide a novel perspective on the issues of identity and migration in the Balkan Peninsula and, at the intersection with linguistics, contribute to the field of International Relations.
“The Balkan Walls of the 21st Century: Between Symbolic Effectiveness and Functional Ineffectiveness” addresses, through discourse analysis, the design, development, and implementation of teicho-politics in the Peninsula from 2012 to 2020. The research combines a constructivist perspective of International Relations with Linguistic Poststructuralism. Specifically, it analyzes the barriers erected at the Greek-Turkish border (2012/2015), Bulgarian-Turkish border (2014), Hungarian borders with Serbia and Croatia (2015), Austrian border with Slovenia (2015), Slovenian-Croatian border (2015), Macedonian-Greek border (2015), and Serbian-Macedonian border (2020). The thematic relevance and the geographical-temporal focus of this research are justified by the concentration of this phenomenon: over 40% of Europe’s anti-immigration walls are in the Balkan Peninsula and were constructed in the 21st century. Through Critical Discourse Analysis of teicho-politics, the study confirmed the symbolic effectiveness of the barriers, as well as the dialectical power of discourse to generate unifying identity sentiments, reinforce both national identities and European belonging, develop social imaginaries around immigration, and build consensus for governmental management and the empowerment of political campaigns. It is hoped that these results will provide a novel perspective on the issues of identity and migration in the Balkan Peninsula and, at the intersection with linguistics, contribute to the field of International Relations.
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, leída el 22/01/2026













