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1. Refugees, Security and the European Union

   By Sarah Leonard, Christian Kaunert

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   Asylum and migration are amongst the most contentious political issues in Europe and it has been argued that migrants and asylum-seekers have been securitized in the EU and socially constructed as security threats. This book analyses the extent and the modalities of the securitization of...

   To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. European Security Governance and the European Neighbourhood after the Lisbon Treaty

   Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

   The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor. However, any assessment of the EU’s role in international security is underpinned by a specific understanding of security. This book is based on a broad understanding of security. We consider that security concerns are increasingly...

   Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. European Homeland Security

   A European Strategy in the Making?

   Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard, Patryk Pawlak

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the European Union (EU), within the wider context of European integration. The EU functions in a complex security environment, with perceived security threats from Islamist terrorists, migration...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Developing European Internal Security Policy

   After the Stockholm Summit and the Lisbon Treaty

   Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

   The European Union (EU) is making strong inroads into areas of security traditionally reserved to states, especially into internal security, or Justice and Home Affairs. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), as it has been renamed in the Amsterdam Treaty, has seen significant policy...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge