Euro-crafting at border zones: : the case of the Greco-Turkish border and the question of a European union 'beyond the state'

• Autores: Stefan Borga
• Localización: Geopolitics, ISSN-e 1557-3028, Vol. 19, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 565-586
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.