Identities, Borderscapes, Orders: (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine

This book provides a pre-history of Russia's war on Ukraine and Europes relations to it, illuminating the deep roots of the EU's neighborhood crisis and the migration crises the Union created in the last decade. It employs a new and innovative framework to analyze borders and their socio-political consequences, offering a conceptual and theoretical advance and a methodological contribution to Critical Border Studies and International Relations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 269 pages
Publication date: 07 February 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book delves into the pre-history of Russia's war on Ukraine and its impact on Europe, shedding light on the deep roots of the EU's neighborhood crisis and the migration challenges it has faced in the past decade. Employing a novel and innovative framework, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of borders, exploring their socio-political consequences in great detail.

Drawing from interdisciplinary scholarship, the book examines the key common elements of borderscapes and connects them in related arrays to provide a nuanced evaluation of their individual and cumulative effects. It also offers an interpretation of their overall consequences, particularly in terms of identities and orders.

This book represents a significant conceptual and theoretical advance, offering a transferable conceptualization of borderscapes that can guide research, analysis, and interpretation in the field of International Relations. The authors, with their experience in policy, practice, and academia, contribute to the field by pushing the boundaries of reflexivity in interpretive International Relations (IR) research.

The book analyzes three main sites in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to challenge conventional critical wisdom on EU bordering in the Schengen zone, at its external frontiers, and in its Eastern neighborhood. By doing so, it sheds new light on the politics of post-communist transitions, as well as the contemporary politics of CEE. It also demonstrates how EU bordering and its relations to identities and orders have created both benefits and challenges for many Europeans, ultimately becoming self-defeating.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and policy-makers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Critical Border Studies (CBS). It provides a comprehensive and insightful examination of the complex dynamics surrounding borders and their impact on societies, making it an essential read for anyone seeking to comprehend the ongoing challenges and opportunities in the region.

Weight: 594g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031232480
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023