Policing Mobility Regimes: Frontex and the Production of the European Borderscape [Paperback]

Introduction  1. Migration, Security and Borders  2. The Geopolitics of EU Borders  3. EU Borders and Security  4. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex): An Outline  5. Policing EU Networked Borders  6. Policing the Euro-Mediterranean Frontier Zone

Policing Mobility Regimes offers a systematic analysis of the impact that Frontex is having on migration control strategies at the EU level and offers a detailed empirical description of the agencys organization and operational activities.

More than 30 years after its birth, the Schengen area of free movement is under siege in Europe: new barriers are being erected along land borders, military assets are increasingly deployed to patrol the Mediterranean, while sophisticated surveillance tools are used to keep track of the flows of people crossing into European space.

Bringing together perspectives from political geography, critical criminology and legal theory, Policing Mobility Regimes offers a systematic analysis of the impact that Frontex is having on migration control strategies at the EU level and offers a detailed empirical description of the agencys organization and operational activities. In addition, this book explores the meaning behind the attempt at developing a post-national border control strategy and what effect this might have on the geopolitics of Europes borders. It contributes to the wider theoretical debate on the relationships among migration, security and the transformation of borders in contemporary Europe.

An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to all those engaged with criminology, sociology, geography, politics and law as well as all those interested in learning about Europes changing borders.

Giuseppe Campesi