Call for Abstracts for a Panel Proposal for the 2015 CES Conference
The role of EU Institutions in migration and asylum policies: liberal constraint?
We invite scholars who investigate the role of EU institutions in migration and asylum policies to submit an abstract to be included in a panel proposal for the 2015 CES conference which will take place 8-10 July 2015 in Paris, France (http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conferences/2015-ces-conference).
For many years, European cooperation on asylum and migration policies raised concerns about the potentially restrictive impact of such cooperation on the rights of migrants and refugees (Guiraudon 2000; Hathaway 2003; Juss 2005; Fry 2005). However, the communitarisation of EU asylum and migration policies since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and the introduction of Community law and policies since the early 2000s represent a major turning point in the politics of migration and asylum in Europe. The consequences of this communitarization are only gradually becoming apparent. It has been observed that the shift of power from the member states to EU institutions such as the Court and the Commission has produced new liberal constraints on member states. As a result, it is argued, the European Union is no longer a venue to which member states with restrictive policy preferences can 'escape' to circumvent domestic constraints (El-Enany & Thielemann 2011; Acosta Arcarazo & Geddes 2013; Kaunert & Leonard 2012; Bonjour & Vink 2013; Block & Bonjour 2013).
This argument raises questions about the role of EU institutions in asylum and migration policies. Can the policy impact of EU institutions such as the Court, the Commission, and the European Parliament in the field of migration and asylum indeed be characterized as a 'liberal constraint'? How can we explain the (liberal) policy preferences and positions adopted by different EU institutions? At which stages in the policy process (agenda-setting, decision-making, implementation) does this impact become apparent and through which channels does it shape national and EU policies? How about the role of EU agencies such as Frontex or the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)?
Please send your abstract (250-500 words) to [log in to unmask] no later than Friday, 26 September 2014.
We will let you know whether your abstract has been included in our panel proposal no later than 10 October 2014. The conference organizers will let us know whether our panel proposal has been accepted no later than 18 December 2014.
Best regards,
Eiko Thielemann ([log in to unmask])
Saskia Bonjour ([log in to unmask])
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