Internal security is often hailed as a rapidly expanding area of European integration, with a growing number of strategies, policies and framework agreements in recent years. Yet actual cooperation, when viewed closely, proceeds at a halting pace - raising questions as to why cooperation appears so problematic. This work presents a novel, theoretically-informed way to understand internal security cooperation in Europe. The approach treats internal security as a 'public good' requiring collective action amongst sovereign governments.

This book traces the evolution of the EU s fight against terrorism from the late 1970s until the end of the first decade after 9/11.

This historical analysis covers both EU-internal and international counterterrorism policies and features an in-depth account of the EU s reaction to the terrorist incidents in New York, Madrid and London. In the first few weeks after these incidents, the EU mobilised a complex but also incoherent set of policy measures, which significantly influenced the course of European security over the years.

From a theoretical perspective, this volume...

European states and international organizations have established multiple policies and mechanisms to deal with various risks, crises and disasters. This edited volume examines the emerging multi-level policy space of European civil security governance, identifying patterns and reviewing the opportunities and obstacles for cooperation.

Analyzing recent developments in EU border management, in light of the refugee crises in the Mediterranean, this book reflects in depth on border practices and their political, social and economic results. It notes three trends: the rise of security technologies, the externalization of EU security governance, and the dynamics of accountability.

This edited volume offers different theories useful for understanding and explaining European Union cooperation on internal security matters. Cooperation on such matters has not only flourished over the past two decades, but - more recently - has also become one of the most politicised or contested areas of European integration. Yet academic studies in the field remain predominantly empirical or not readily accessible to new scholars.
The book addresses this major gap by providing a theoretical primer with a palette of options for explaining a complicated issue area, reaching across the...