The Empowerment of EU Agencies in EU Border Management

This book examines the role of European Union (EU) agencies in the EU's external border control policy, looking at how the empowerment of particular bodies has shaped the management of their external borders and influenced EU governance more broadly.

Yichen Zhong is an ESRC fellow at Aston University's School of Social Science and Humanities, UK.

Introduction 1. A Principal-Agent Historical Institutionalist Approach 2. 3. Frontex and Operational Coordination at the Southern Maritime Borders 4. Information Asymmetry and Goal Conflict between Stakeholders 5. Inter-Agency Cooperation in EU Border Management 6. Controls. Conclusions