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)