1st Edition

Governing Irregular Migration at the Borders of the European Union Actors and Agencies Sharing the Power of Control

By Angeliki Dimitriadi Copyright 2017
224 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the governance of irregular migration within the European Union today. It critically analyses state power – its reconfiguration through various mechanisms and practices, and its diffusion to multiple bodies, state and non-state. Taking the securitisation of irregular migration as its starting point, this book suggests a more critical approach to the ways in which human mobility... Read more

Part I: Framing the Discussion.  Introduction.  1. The (In)secure State of the Union  Part II: The ‘Governors’ in Irregular Migration  2. The Supranational ‘Governors’  3. The Private ‘Governors’  4. The Non-State/International Governors  Part III: The ‘Governed’  6. Reshaping the Migratory Journey: In Transit  7. Looking Beyond the Union: A Glance at Irregular Migration to the United States and Australia.  Conclusions.

Biography

Angeliki Dimitriadi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMAP).