Product details
- Categories: European Commission
- Publisher: PALGRAVE-MACMILLAN
- ISBN: 9781137504890
- Publication Date: 05/01/2017
- Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 234
- Language: English
Summary
This book examines the contribution of the European Commission to the process of transformation of EU borders. Migration issues have been at the centre of EU political debates in recent years. From national controversies sparked by the economic difficulties in the aftermath of the 2008 economic downturn to EU-wide problems caused by the record number of asylum seekers looking for a refuge in the Union. Simultaneously, the EU migration regime has undergone a profound change since the 1980s as a result of the developments in the integration process. Inevitably this has impacted borders, transforming their nature and functions. The author looks at four key EU policy areas, which in recent decades have substantially altered the EU migration regime: the European Neighbourhood Policy, social policy, border controls, and free movement of people. Based on a variety of Commission documents the analysis focuses on the different borders that have been transformed, their altered nature and functions, and the specific impact of the European Commission on to these processes
Table of contents
The European Commission and Borders: Towards a Framework for Analysis
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 1-50
Border Controls — Transforming Territorial Borders
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 51-87
Free Movement of People — Functional Borders Transformation
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 89-120
Social Policy — Constructing European Identity
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 121-152
ENP— Post-Modern External Relations and the Articulation of Continental Borders
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 153-187
Conclusion
Kostadinova, Valentina
Pages 189-195