Although the inhumane closure of the Balkan route has reduced the domestic pressure on the German government, the deal with Turkey can and probably will unfold with explosive force. Moreover, the Brexit debate is fuelling tendencies towards EU disintegration, and the Catalan independence movement is revealing a crisis within the Spanish state and its role within the authoritarian European austerity regime.
This study gives us the theoretical instruments and methods to understand these processes and reveals the process that led to the actual migration and border regime and its crisis.
Content:
- Introduction
- The State, Europe and Migration Control – Theoretical Foundations of a Materialist Perspective
- Hegemony Projects in the Battle for Migration Policy and European Integration
- Conclusion
Studien 8-17 European Border Regime
Sonja Buckel
John Kannankulam
Jens Wissel
Fabian Georgi
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