Deepening/ Widening EU Building versus Debordering/Rebordering of EU Frontiers
Deepening/ Widening EU Building versus Debordering/Rebordering of EU Frontiers

Summary/Abstract: Since its inception until today, the European Communities/European Union went through a series of monumental transformations that surprised many international relations scholars and evolved in a unique sort of international organisation of which development and influence make the object of an entire dedicate discipline: the European Studies. The European Union achievements are many, but maybe among the most important one is the fact that it managed to bring peace among historic former enemies and it made them invest and work together in developing this “supranational institutionalised framework”. For explaining the creation of the European Union, new theories were developed, like the integration theories, while others become more salient, like the constructivism. Although they become influential during the last two decades, the border/frontier studies were very much influenced by the European Union's transformations which became subject of many books and articles that were mainly concerned with the study of borders. Studying the EU frontiers proved to be a constant challenge given the evolution of this organisation and the continuous changes.

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