Christian Kaunert 
European Internal Security [PDF ebook] 
Towards supranational governance in the area of freedom, security and justice

European institutions are either loathed or underestimated. This book analyses the role of EU institutions in the area of European internal security. From Justice and Home Affairs, this area has become more like a European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. In this process, the European Commission has demonstrably played the role of an `engine of integration’ in areas such a counter-terrorism, policing, asylum, migration and border management. This book uses the framework of supranational policy entrepeuners (SPE), those who stand at the policy window in order to propose, lobby for and sell `their’ policy proposal, and synthesises it with insights from the literature on norm entrepreneurship.
This book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners interested in European internal security, European integration, terrorism, security studies and international relations.

Table of Content

Contents list:
Introduction:
1. Supranational Policy Entrepreneurship and EU institutions
2. A historical genealogy of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
3. EU Counter-terrorism cooperation and the role of EU institutions
4. The external dimension of counter-terrorism cooperation (with Dr. Sarah Leonard)
5. The Common European Asylum System and Border Management: EU policy
entrepreneurship?
6. The External dimension of EU Asylum Policy and Border Management (with Dr. Sarah Leonard)
7. The Lisbon Treaty and the Institutionalisation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Conclusion: Towards Supranational Governance in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice?
Bibliography

About the author

Thomas Christiansen is Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht