The Frontiers of Europe
Published on 1. May 1998
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85567-486-8 (ISBN)
Description
The political geography of Europe and the issues confronting the European Union have changed radically since 1989. Understanding the complex nature - legal, political. linguistic and cultural - of international frontiers in Europe is essential to any serious analysis of contemporary politics and government. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, this volume discusses several central issues, including: progress towards a European identity and changes in political identities within the EU; the extent to which the internal frontiers have become different in kind from the external frontiers; and the varying ways in which frontier issues are posed in different parts of the Union. This volume analyzes the consequences of dismantling controls at the internal frontiers and of measures to harden the external frontier.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85567-486-8 (9781855674868)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Anne Gold
Content
Part 1 Historical perspectives: the legacy of history - the making of European frontiers. Part 2 Approaches to the study of frontiers: the political science of frontiers; anthropological perspectives on frontiers. Part 3 "Difficult" external frontiers: the Mediterranean; the eastern frontier; the micro-states; the Alps-Adriatic triangle; the frontiers of Greece. Part 4 Legal and institutional issues: whose responsibilities are frontiers?; the European Court of Justice; frontiers and immigration. Part 5 Frontiers and security: the relationship of internal and external security; a transnational police for Europe. Part 6 Cultures, languages, nations and frontiers: the protection of cultures; languages and the European Union; Austria - nationalism and the boundaries of identity; geopolitics of European frontiers.