The Mobility Control Apparatus

Getting to the Core of Crimmigration in the Schengen Area
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-11782-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship

This book critically explores the complexities of intra-Schengen border control and migration dynamics within Europe. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how various actors, including border officials and state apparatuses, interact in managing mobility and enforcing controls. The theoretical foundation draws on Foucault’s concept of the dispositif, examining how borders are enforced through a combination of legal frameworks, discourses, and on-the-ground practices.

The book emphasises the importance of discretion in border control, arguing that it plays a pivotal role in shaping decisions at both the organisational and street levels. It delves into the experiences of Dutch border control officers and the wider European context, offering a comparative analysis of Europe’s intra-Schengen borderlands. By drawing on real-world case studies, it showcases the tensions between security and mobility and how migration is managed through both visible and covert policing practices. The work is grounded in rich qualitative data, collected over years of fieldwork, and addresses key debates in migration and criminology studies, particularly the evolving concept of ‘crimmigration’ and its implications for human rights and security policies.

This book will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars, and political scientists alike, as well as all those engaged in studies on migration, mobility, and the European Union.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woude, Maartje Van Der

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Beginning of a Borderland Adventure, 2. Discretion as the Ghost in the Apparatus, 3. Shaping Schengen, Shaping the Apparatus, 4. Top-Down Discretion and Intra-Schengen Mobility Control, 5. In-between Discretion and Intra-Schengen Migration Control, 6. Discretion and the Intra-Schengen Mobility Control Apparatus from Below, 7. Deus Ex Machina?

Über Autor(innen)

Maartje van der Woude is a Professor of Law & Society at Leiden University. Her research focuses on crimmigration, securitisation, (counter) terrorism and border control, with previous publications addressing issues like European border security and the politics of fear in immigration enforcement.