European Internal Security and Data Protection: Conflicting Processes of Europeanization?
(2009) 5th General Conference European Consortium for Political Research — Location: Potsdam, Germany (10.September.2009)
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Bellanova, Rocco 
- Abstract
- This paper aims at investigating the growing relevance of security measures based on data access in the processes of Europeanization. How does the set up of these measures modify power relations among actors? How does this interact and impact with EU privacy regulation? Meanwhile, the study discusses how those measures are generally framed in a way that both broaden and anchor EU internal security outside the supposed physical and legal EU borders. This fosters tensions on legitimacy, democratic oversight and efficiency. The research is empirically based on two parallel case studies: the use of Passenger Name Records and the exchange of biometrics. Both practices are central instruments to present “policing”, and have been translated into similar policies across different countries and legal regimes. The paper is mainly based on primary sources, and focuses on the comparison of main provisions, memberships and legal contexts of relevant legal instruments. Such a comparative study should contribute to the analysis of powers’ and resistances’ relations among the main actors in the fields of EU surveillance and privacy regulation.
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Bellanova, R., & Duez, D. (2009). European Internal Security and Data Protection: Conflicting Processes of Europeanization? 5th General Conference European Consortium for Political Research, Potsdam, Germany. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/194073