Cultures of Border Control: Schengen and the Evolution of European Frontiers
Ruben Zaiotti
Abstract
In recent years, a number of European countries abolished national border controls in favor of Europe's external frontiers. In doing so, they challenged long-established conceptions of sovereignty, territoriality, and security in world affairs. Setting forth a new analytic framework informed by constructivism and pragmatism, this book traces the transformation of underlying assumptions and cultural practices guiding European policymakers and postnational Europe, shedding light on current trends characterizing its politics and relations with others. The book also includes a fascinating comparis ... More
Keywords: Europe, national border controls, external frontiers, constructivism, pragmatism, postnational Europe, North America, 9/11
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 | Print ISBN-13: 9780226977867 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: March 2013 | DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226977881.001.0001 |
