Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement: The Fortress Empire (Routledge Research in Transnationalism)

Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its borders at the heart of recent discussions on the changing nature of the EU, the meaning of 'Europe' and what constitutional shape a more politically unified Europe might take.With enlargement, the EU must elaborate strategies to contend with a fiercely competitive world - and to build fortress-like defences against perceived tensions arising from greater cultural mixing and threats such as terrorism. The authors build up an integral picture of the EU's internal and external borders and borderlands to reveal the processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking place in Europe. They explore issues such as security, immigration, economic development and changing social and political attitudes, as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and other world powers. The book embraces an array of disciplinary, ideological and theoretical perspectives, offering detailed case studies of different border regions and the concerns of the local inhabitants, while engaging in broader discussions of developments across Europe, state policies and the EU's relations with neighbouring states.Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement will be of key interest to students and researchers in the fields of European politics, geography, international studies, sociology and anthropology. Singular Europe : An Empire Once Again? / James Anderson -- From Empire To The European Union Via The National State : The Three Ages Of The Irish Border / Liam O'dowd -- Europeanisation, Identity And Policy In The Northern Ireland Borderlands / Thomas M. Wilson -- Creating Border Space In Ireland : An Eu Approach To Ethno-national Threat And Insecurity / Cathal Mccall -- Coping With 'fortress Europe' : Views From Four Seaports On The Spanish-moroccan Border / Henk Driessen -- Europe And Islam : Partnership Or Peripheral Dependence? / George Joffé -- Inside/outside The European Union : Enlargement, Migration Policy And The Search For Europe's Identity / Brigitta Busch And Michal Krzyzanowski -- Fixing Capitalism And Europe's Peripheries : West European Imperialism / James Anderson And Ian Shuttleworth -- Carving Out A 'ring Of Friends' : The Impact Of The Enp On The Shape Of Europe / Pertti Joenniemi -- New Borders In A New Europe : Eliminating And Making Borders In Central Europe / Milan Bufon And Anton Gosar -- Citizenship Beyond The State : On The Formation Of Civil Society In The Three-border Region / Robert Minnich -- Evolution And Perspectives On Intercultural Coexistence At The Slovene-italian Border / Mateja Sedmak, Vesna Mikolić And Marina Furlan -- Ideologies Of 'fortress Europe' In Two Slovenian-croatian Borderlands : Case Studies From Žumberak And Bela Krajina / Duška Knežević Hočevar -- Fortress Frontiers : Global Power, Global And Local Justice / Warwick Armstrong. Edited By Warwick Armstrong And James Anderson. Includes Index. With enlargement, the EU argues that it must elaborate strategies to contend with a fiercely competitive world - and to build fortress-like defences against perceived tensions arising from greater cultural mixing and threats such as terrorism. The authors build up an integral picture of the EU's internal and external borders and borderlands to reveal the processes of rebordering and social change currently taking place in Europe. They explore issues such as security, immigration, economic development and changing social and political attitudes, as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and other world powers. The book embraces an array of disciplinary, ideological and theoretical perspectives. It offers detailed case studies of different border regions and the concerns of the local inhabitants, while engaging in broader discussions of developments across Europe, state policies and the EU's relations with neighbouring states. Making an important contribution to our understanding of European enlargement, integration and exclusion, and of border studies in general, this book will be of key interest to students and researchers in the fields of European politics, geography, international studies, sociology and anthropology The authors build up an integral picture of borders and borderlands to reveal the processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking place in Europe, exploring issues such as security, immigration, economic development, geopolitics and changing social and political attitudes This book reveals the processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking place in Europe and explores issues such as security, immigration, development, geopolitics, and changing social and political attitudes.