This book examines the rapidly expanding EU agency’s distinct role in EU border control, showing that Frontex is a prominent border control actor that reshapes the EU borders by promoting a new border control culture.
Bringing culture into the analysis of Frontex, this book offers an alternative in-depth understanding of the agency’s function, focusing on the production and diffusion of border control assumptions and practices within a border control community. Based on data drawn from primary research at Frontex and two EU external borders, namely Lampedusa and Evros, this book examines Frontex’s contribution to the emergence of a new border control culture in Europe, replacing the pre-existing Schengen culture. Compared with the existing literature on Frontex, this novel account takes into consideration the evolving nature of borders and border control, discussing three contemporary challenges for the established border control regime: Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and hard security preoccupations, such as the fall-out from the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the weaponisation of migration at the Greek-Turkish land border.
Frontex and the Rising of a New Border Control Culture in Europe will appeal to scholars and students of border management, EU studies, migration, geography, international relations, and security, along with policymakers and practitioners with an interest in EU border control and Frontex.
By:
Antonia-Maria Sarantaki
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032136417
ISBN 10: 1032136413
Series: Border Regions Series
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 07 October 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
1. Introduction: the irrelevancy of Schengenland and Frontex’s rise Border evolution New ‘kids’ on the border control block Setting Frontex’s scene Border control actors Speaking of culture Cultures of border control To Schengen or not to Schengen? A new border control culture? Book overview Notes References 2. Frontex: an insurgent border control actor Introduction Frontex’s birth Frontex’s governance Frontex’s expansion Frontex’s institutional brigade Frontex’s deeds Frontex’s role in EU border control: reviewing the literature Towards Frontex’s reinvigoration: bringing culture in Conclusion Notes References 3. Constructing Frontex’s culture Introduction Frontex: the essential EU border control actor Delving into Frontex’s cultural traits Conclusion Notes References 4. Constructing the border of Lampedusa Introduction The island setting The making of a border Border control conduct and actors Frontex on the field Border control assumptions and practices in Lampedusa Conclusion Notes References 5. Constructing the border of Evros Introduction The river setting The making of a border Border control conduct and actors Frontex on the field Border control assumptions and practices in Evros Evros and Lampedusa: drawing differences and similarities Conclusion Notes References 6. Border control in process: the rise of Warsaw culture Introduction Culture loading And its name shall be Warsaw culture Schengen, Westphalia, Brussels, and Warsaw: variant in name only? From Schengen to Warsaw Frontex in Warsaw Out of Frontex’s box: EU institutions in Warsaw Conclusion Notes References 7. Challenges to Warsaw culture Introduction Unsettling a settled culture Brexit and the English Channel Borders amid the COVID-19 pandemic Borders and hard security Conclusion Notes References 8. Conclusion: Frontex’s leadership and the re-drawing of EU border control Evolving borders The rise of a new border control culture The Frontex effect Frontex’s cultural impact Between a rock and a hard place? Looking ahead Concluding reflections Notes References
Antonia-Maria Sarantaki is postdoctoral researcher in the School of Economics and Political Sciences at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and academic fellow in the Department of International and European Economic Studies at Athens University of Economics and Business. She holds an MSc Econ in Security Studies from Aberystwyth University, UK and a PhD in European Politics from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. Her PhD thesis focused on borders and the EU border control policy regime.
