Modes of Bio-Bordering The Hidden (Dis)integration of Europe

This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It introduces the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture reverse patterns of bordering and ordering...

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Main Authors: Amelung, Nina, Granja, Rafaela, Machado, Helena
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2021
Springer Singapore
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Pivot
Edition:1
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ISBN:9789811581830, 9811581835, 9811581827, 9789811581823, 9789811581854, 9811581851
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Prüm as a Case Through Which to Study the Dynamics of Bioborders and Their Impacts on Hidden Integration and Disintegration in the EU -- Book Overview -- References -- Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Evolution of Biometrics and Biometric Database Systems Crossing Borders in EU Law Enforcement -- Introduction -- From the 'Politics of Fear of Crime' to New Technologies in EU Law Enforcement -- Promoting European Integration by Building Large-Scale Transnational Biometric Database Systems -- Approaching Transnational Criminal Mobility: The Prüm System -- Decentralized Databases -- Previous Studies on Prüm -- Horizontal European (Dis)integration: Biobordering in the Case of Prüm -- References -- Chapter 3: Biobordering as a Concept -- Introduction -- Biobordering: Who Borders What and How? -- Debordering and Rebordering Dynamics -- The Establishment and Performance of Bioborders in Europe -- Prüm and 'De- and Rebordering' of the Actor Network at the EU Level -- References -- Chapter 4: Germany -- Introduction -- National DNA Database Development -- Bordering Practices and Ordering Transnational DNA Data Exchange -- References -- Chapter 5: The Netherlands -- Introduction -- National DNA Database Development -- Bordering Practices and Transnational DNA Data Exchange -- References -- Chapter 6: Poland -- Introduction -- National DNA Database Development -- Bordering Practices and Ordering Transnational DNA Data Exchange -- References -- Chapter 7: Portugal -- Introduction -- National DNA Database Development -- Bordering Practices and Ordering Transnational DNA Data Exchange -- References -- Chapter 8: The United Kingdom (UK) -- Introduction -- National DNA Database Development -- Bordering Practices and Ordering Transnational DNA Data Exchange
  • References -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Comparative Insights -- References -- Glossary