Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However,
the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of …

This book analyses and compares responses by European countries to international
migration in its various forms and examines collective responses at European Union (EU) …

European integration continues to deepen despite major crises and attempts to take back
sovereignty. A growing number of member states are reacting to a more constraining EU by …

Th e construction and management of space has been an important means for securing
social privilege. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the use of segregation to produce …

To what extent has the process of European integration re-drawn the boundaries of national
welfare states? What are the effects of such re-drawing? Boundaries count: they are …

Democracy in Europe is about the impact of European integration on national democracies.
It argues that the oft-cited democratic deficit is indeed a problem, but not so much at the level …

Abstract In May 2004, the European Union acquired not just ten new member states but
several new neighbours. At about the same time, it began to flesh out a European …

This article analyses the European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy in the context
of the European Union as an actor employing normative power in international politics. The …

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 …

Our article analyzes the impact of the European Union (EU) on border conflicts, in particular
how integration and association are related to conflict transformation. We approach this …