Securitizing Immigration
The Politics of Risk in the EU
Published on 9. October 2009
Book
Hardback
X, 177 pages
978-0-230-20006-7 (ISBN)
Description
Securitizing Immigration deals with the growing concern for immigration as a matter of security at the EU level. It combines an analysis of the way bureaucratic and political processes have interacted in the integration process with an analysis of how these practices are located in a context shaped by the preoccupation with risk.
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Series
Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 177 p.
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20006-7 (9780230200067)
DOI
10.1057/9780230244955
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
10/2009
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
RENS VAN MUNSTER is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and teaches security studies at the Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on the politics of risk and the securitization of immigration in the EU. His work has been published in international peer reviewed journals, including
Alternatives
,
European Journal of International Relations
,
International Relations
and
Security Dialogue
.
Content
Introduction Immigration and the Emergence of a European Threat Environment The Maastricht Treaty: The Formalization of the Immigration/Security Nexus Amsterdam and Beyond: Immigration and the Establishment of an AFSJ Freedom, Mobility and Abjection: The Management of Immigration Risk in the AFSJ Unmaking Security, Remaking Belonging Conclusion: The EU as an Area of Security, Security and . Security