The Mobility Control Apparatus

This book critically examines intra-Schengen border control and migration dynamics in Europe, providing a comprehensive analysis of how various actors, including border officials and state apparatuses, interact in managing mobility and enforcing controls.

Maartje van der Woude is a Professor of Law & Society at Leiden University. Her research focuses on crimmigration, securitisation, (counter) terrorism and border control, with previous publications addressing issues like European border security and the politics of fear in immigration enforcement.

1. The Beginning of a Borderland Adventure, 2. Discretion as the Ghost in the Apparatus, 3. Shaping Schengen, Shaping the Apparatus, 4. Top-Down Discretion and Intra-Schengen Mobility Control, 5. In-between Discretion and Intra-Schengen Migration Control, 6. Discretion and the Intra-Schengen Mobility Control Apparatus from Below, 7. Deus Ex Machina?