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Euro-Crafting at Border Zones: The Case of the Greco-Turkish Border and the Question of a European Union ‘Beyond the State’.
- Source :
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Geopolitics . Jul-Sep2014, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p565-586. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The European Union is often conceptualised as an entity that is profoundly different from that of the modern state. Through a reading of the recent humanitarian crisis precipitated by large-scale migration into Greece, the paper challenges the understanding that the crafting of the European Union (‘Euro-crafting’) is qualitatively different from the crafting of the modern state. Conceptually, the paper proposes that Euro-crafting should be thought through in relation to practices of statecraft, instead of a priori postulated as qualitatively different from such practices. Putting such an understanding of Euro-crafting to work, the paper explores the recent humanitarian crisis precipitated by large-scale migration into Greece and demonstrates how practices of Euro-crafting mirror the major desire-driven practices of modern statecraft; practices of ordering, bordering, and identification. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *BORDERLANDS
*GEOGRAPHIC boundaries
*HUMANITARIAN assistance
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14650045
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Geopolitics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97655674
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2014.883382