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Record Nr.

UNINA9910213858203321

Titolo

Borders and Border Regions in Europe : Changes, Challenges and Chances / Arnaud Lechevalier, Jan Wielgohs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

2014, c2013

ISBN

9783839424421

3839424429

9783839424427

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Edition Politik

Disciplina

327.17

Soggetti

Border Studies

Border Regions

European Integration

Polish-German Relations

Europe

Politics

Migration

Migration Policy

European Politics

Economic Policy

International Relations

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1 Content    5 Introduction    9 Border Types and Bordering Processes    21 Qualities of Bordering Spaces    45 Euroregions    71 Territorial Cohesion and Border Areas    95 Identities and Stereotypes in Cross-Border Regions    113 Between Borders    129 Cultural Distinction and the Example of the "Third East German Generation"    145 Anthropology of Borders and Frontiers    159 The Dynamics of Unfamiliarity in the German-Polish Border Region in 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s    183 Historical Culture and Territoriality    201 The View of French



Diplomacy on the German-Polish Border Shift, 1940-1950    217 Borders, De Facto Borders and Mobility Policies in Conflict Transformation    237 "Good fences make"    255 Authors    267

Sommario/riassunto

Focussing European borders: The book provides insight into a variety of changes in the nature of borders in Europe and its neighborhood from various disciplinary perspectives. Special attention is paid to the history and contemporary dynamics at Polish and German borders. Of particular interest are the creation of Euroregions, mutual perceptions of Poles and Germans at the border, EU Regional Policy, media debates on the extension of the Schengen area. Analysis of cross-border mobility between Abkhazia and Georgia or the impact of Israel's »Security Fence« to Palestine on society complement the focus on Europe with a wider view.

Reviewed in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 12.09.2013, Martin Munke

»Insgesamt bietet der Sammelband einen gelungenen Überblick zum Thema ›Grenzen/Grenzregionen‹.Grenzregionen-Forschern kann man ihn nur empfehlen.«