Cultures et Conflits

In the name of protection and nationl security, we witness the development of both a transnational field of professionals of politics and of professionals of security (police, intelligence, military). This development might provide a feeling of safety, but il also induces illiberal practices that lead to resistance from judges, human rights groups and part of the public. Drawing on research from several European countries, this volume brings together essays on the way counterterrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and of security, both in their internal and international dimension.

"Suite au 11 septembre 2001, les acteurs politiques ont cherché à légitimer l'adoption de mesures d'urgence au moyen de procédures exceptionnelles. Comment les juges supranationaux ont-ils répondu, au niveau européen, à cette revendication des Etats à outrepasser le droit au nom de la sécurité collective ? A travers l'analyse de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme et de son interprétation par la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, l'auteur explore le sens de l'Etat de droit dans la quête d'une meilleure protection des droits humains en Europe." (Prof. D. Bigo)

This volume exemplifies the general theory of a field of professionals of security and proposes a map of the European internal security agencies (Europol, Eurojust, Frontex, OLAF). It insists on the relations between the agencies in order to give a better idea of the flow of communication and strategic or operational decisions produced at the EU level as too often the audience has only monographers about these agencies. Any person interested in security in the EU will thus have a better idea of the relations between the agencies.