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Record Nr.

UNISA996308848503316

Titolo

Borders and border regions in Europe : changes, challenges and chances / / edited by Arnaud Lechevalier and Jan Wielgohs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9783839424427

3-8394-2442-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Edition Politik ; 15

Disciplina

327.17

Soggetti

Borderlands - History - Germany - 20th century

Borderlands - History - Poland - 20th century

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.

»Insgesamt bietet der Sammelband einen gelungenen Überblick zum Thema ›Grenzen/Grenzregionen‹.  Grenzregionen-Forschern kann man ihn nur empfehlen.«  Katarzyna Stoklosa, Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, 63/3 (2014)    Reviewed in:   Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 12.09.2013, Martin Munke