ABSTRACT

Europe Unbound provides an analysis of the enlargement of the European Union and examines from both a theoretical and a political approach issues such as:
* Where does Europe end?
* Should Europe's borders be open or closed?
* How does the evolution of territorial politics impact on the course of European integration?
This book draws upon such diverse fields as History, Sociology, Political Science and International Relations and contains contributions from an international range of respected academics.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

Boundary making by the European Union

chapter |21 pages

Does Europe need a Frontier?

From territorial to redistributive community

chapter |13 pages

Fixed Borders or Moving Borderlands?

A new type of border for a new type of entity

chapter |27 pages

Facing the ‘desert of Tartars'

The Eastern border of Europe

chapter |17 pages

Where does Europe end?

Dilemmas of inclusion and exclusion

chapter |22 pages

Illegal migration and cross-border crime

Challenges at the eastern frontier of the European Union

chapter |17 pages

The future border regime of the European Union

Enlargement and implications of the Amsterdam Treaty