EU-Russian border security challenges, (mis)perceptions, and responses /

Golunov, S. V., 1973-

EU-Russian border security challenges, (mis)perceptions, and responses / [electronic resource] : European Union-Russian border security Serghei Golunov. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - 185 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 38 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is border security? -- The EU-Russian border -- Existing works on the topic -- Conceptual approach -- Structure of the book -- Border security: towards conceptualization -- Border security agenda in border studies and other disciplines -- Traditional approaches -- Since the end of 1980s: borders challenged -- Practical approaches to border security -- Unilateral fencing off -- Security by common efforts: US-Canada border -- Elimination of barriers and creation of common border space: the EU experience -- "Hybrid" border security policies: the case of Russia -- A way to combine theory with practice: pragmatist-dialogical approach -- EU-Russian border(land): characteristics and representations -- EU-Russian border(land) as objective reality -- The coterminous other in mutual perceptions: acceptance and rejection -- EU and Russia: important but not reliable partners -- Russia and Finland: everything is wonderful, but -- Russia and the Baltic States: slowly fading enmity -- Russia and Poland: going hot and cold by turns -- The border conctructed: representations and projects -- Immigration as a security issue -- Smuggling and grey trade -- Border protection: strategies, achievements, and side effects.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203106969 (electronic bk.)




Border security--Russia (Federation)
Border security--European Union countries.


Russia (Federation)--Boundaries.
European Union countries--Boundaries.
Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--European Union countries.
European Union countries--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)


Electronic books.

D2025.5.R8 / G65 2013

363.28/5094