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Small States and the European Migrant Crisis

Politics and Governance

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Editors:
  1. Tómas Joensen

    1. Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

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  2. Ian Taylor

    1. School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, UK

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  • Examines the experience of small states in Europe during the 2015–2016 migration crisis

  • Highlights the challenges small states and the European Union faced in addressing the massive irregular flow of migrants and refugees into Europe and the Schengen Area

  • Shows that no matter if we view the migration crisis as a crisis for the European Union or Europe as a whole, this was a crisis for small states in Europe

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction and Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Small States and the Migrant Crisis in Context

      • Tómas Joensen, Ian Taylor
      Pages 3-17

    3. Analysing Small States in Crisis: Fundamental Assumptions and Analytical Starting Points

      • Külli Sarapuu, Baldur Thorhallsson, Anders Wivel
      Pages 19-40

  3. Small States and the Current Political Turmoil Related to Immigration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Immigration-Integration: A New Opportunity for the EU?

      • Roderick Pace
      Pages 43-66

    3. Openness Versus Helplessness: Europe’s Border Crisis, 2015–2018

      • Hugo Brady
      Pages 67-85

  4. On the Frontline: The Experiences of the Border States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. The (De)Europeanization of Greece: Experience from the Eye of the Storm

      • Charalambos Tsardanidis
      Pages 89-111

    3. Migration and Security: The Case of Greece

      • Triantafyllos Karatrantos
      Pages 113-131

    4. Malta: A Janus Faced Migration and Integration Policy

      • Roderick Pace
      Pages 133-163

  5. Waving Them on? The Experiences of Peripheral States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Coping with the Migration Crisis in Small States in the European Union: The Experience of Slovenia

      • Primož Pevcin, Danila Rijavec
      Pages 167-190

    3. The 2015 Migrant Crisis as an Identity Crisis for Iceland

      • Arndís Anna Kristínardóttir Gunnarsdóttir
      Pages 191-214

    4. Small States: “The Gatekeepers” of EU Borders During the Migration Crisis

      • Đana Luša
      Pages 215-241

    5. A Small Administration Facing a Complex Policy Challenge: Estonia and the 2015 Refugee Crisis

      • Mariliis Trei, Külli Sarapuu
      Pages 243-265

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 287-293
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About this book

This edited book examines the experience of small states in Europe during the 2015–2016 migration crisis. The contributions highlight the challenges small states and the European Union faced in addressing the massive irregular flow of migrants and refugees into Europe and the Schengen Area. Small states adopted a number of coping strategies and proved relatively effective in navigating the storm they faced. Externally they pursued strategies of shelter-seeking, hiding, hedging and norm entrepreneurship, while domestically they tended to securitize migration and to pursue scapegoating by blaming the EU and other states for the nature and magnitude of the crisis. During this crisis management, their small administrations proved resilient and flexible in their responses, despite suffering from limited resources and being subject to the shifting preferences of stronger actors. This book shows that independent of whether we view the migration crisis as a crisis for the European Union or Europe as a whole, or how we interpret the intensity and severity of the crisis, this was a crisis for small states in Europe. The crisis disrupted the liberal and institutionalized order upon which small states in the region had increasingly based their policies and influence for more than 60 years.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Tómas Joensen

  • School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Ian Taylor

About the editors

Tómas Joensen is Researcher and Program Manager at the Centre for Small State Studies, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland

Ian Taylor is Professor of International Relations and African Political Economy at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Small States and the European Migrant Crisis

  • Book Subtitle: Politics and Governance

  • Editors: Tómas Joensen, Ian Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66203-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66202-8Published: 27 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66205-9Published: 28 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66203-5Published: 26 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 293

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Relations Theory, Globalization, Public Policy

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