Catarina Kinnvall
Professor
Rebordering France and Denmark Narratives and Practices of Border-Construction in Two European Countries
Author
Summary, in English
This article examines the continued significance of borders and boundary constructions in the allegedly borderless Europe'. It analyses the events in 2011 that led to the temporary closure of borders in France and in Denmark, and aims to show how some European nation-states attempted to reclaim their power of border control by tweaking the Schengen agreement. We argue that these events are not only examples of how countries manage the inflow and outflow of people. By closing or restricting their physical borders, both countries were also trying to reinstate narrative identity boundaries around the French and the Danish people. We advocate that physical borders find legitimacy in boundaries, i.e. narratives that conceptually separate groups and territories, and illustrate this through an analysis of local media in the countries involved.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
90-106
Publication/Series
Mobilities
Volume
8
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- Borders
- Boundaries
- Narratives
- Security
- Immigration
- Europe
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1745-0101