The frontiers of the European Union
By: Malcolm Anderson with Eberhard Bort.
Contributors: Bort, Eberhard, 1954-
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Social integration -- European Union countries.; International cooperation.; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries.; European Union countries -- Boundaries.; European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe, Eastern.; Europe -- Foreign relations.
Description: "Based on original research, this book is a unique attempt at a general assessment of EU frontiers. International frontiers are losing some of their key functions but there are many responses to the new situation, as a case study of French frontiers abundantly illustrates. An examination of the EU external frontier shows that the EU is acquiring some state-like features, but the eastern frontier provides plentiful evidence of the external frontier's complexity.

The authors conclude that the increasing openness of national frontiers will continue, but their effective abolition, whether by European integration or through 'globalisation', is improbable."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-223) and index.