Schengen visa implementation and transnational policymaking: bordering Europe

Examines the timely topic of controlling the borders of the European Schengen Area.

It considers the state perspective on border regulation, subjecting day-to-day practices of EU visa policy implementation to close analytical scrutiny.

The objects of the analysis are three European Member States-France, Belgium, and Italy-that implement EU visa policy in Morocco, a country whose nationals are considered to be a migratory 'risk' for the EU.

The book focuses on the implementation of EU visa policy in the consulates of Belgium, France and Italy in Casablanca.

The empirical research and the comparative perspective make this book distinct.