04390nam 2200445 450 991063988320332120230422115136.09783031237737(electronic bk.)9783031237720(MiAaPQ)EBC7165700(Au-PeEL)EBL7165700(CKB)25913948900041(EXLCZ)992591394890004120230422d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierActive borders in Europe identity and collective memory in the cross-border space /Karel B. Müller, editorCham, Switzerland :Springer,[2023]©20231 online resource (155 pages)Contributions to political sciencePrint version: Müller, Karel B. Active Borders in Europe Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031237720 Intro -- Prologue: Identities-Memories-Languages-Borders -- Contents -- Introduction: Euroregions, Active Borders, and Europeanization -- 1 Why Nisa and Šumava Euroregions? -- 2 Structure and Methodology -- Active Borders and the Europeanization of the Public Sphere: How the Same Can Be Different and Vice Versa -- 1 Forms, Functions, and Changing Borders -- 2 Active Borders, Collective Identities, and Cultural Encounters -- 3 Active Borders and Positive Identities -- 4 Active Border, Our Unknown, and Civic Learning-Towards Democratic Integration -- 5 Active Borders, European Public Sphere, and Illustrative Support -- 6 Distinctioning Without Distanciating (Summary) -- Borders and Identity. The Place Where Europe Lives! -- 1 Demarcation of Surveyed Area, Data Sources, and Research Methodology -- 2 Borders in Perception of Key Actors of Cross-border Cooperation -- 3 Cross-border Cooperation and Typology of Mayors -- 3.1 Passive Pessimists (Cluster 1) -- 3.2 Passive Optimists (Cluster 2) -- 3.3 Active Optimists (Cluster 3) -- 3.4 Pragmatic Pessimists (Cluster 4) -- 4 Identity of Mayors as Key Prerequisite for Active Borders -- 4.1 The Roads to Europe Lead Across Borders: Summary -- Borders and Language. Minor Misunderstandings, Big Troubles, and the Fruits of Multilingualism -- 1 Demand for European Citizenship, or Zoon Politikon and Art of Agreement -- 2 Linguistic Asymmetry, or Why Germans Should also Move a Little Towards the Other Side -- 3 Language Killer, or How to Get Along with Your Neighbors -- 4 Europeanization of Homeland and Living World -- 5 Language Immersion-A Lot Can Be Achieved Through Children -- 6 Best Practices in Education of Language and Culture of Neighbors -- 6.1 Saxony Regional Office for Early Childhood Education in Neighboring Languages (LaNa) -- 6.2 Schkola -- 6.3 Bavaria: Gastschuljahr and Sprachkompetenzzentrum.7 Barriers to Bilingual Education in Cross-Border Euroregions -- 8 Linguistic Asymmetry and Lower Austrian Offensive, or Sorry, But Everyone Should Know How to Say "Hello" and "Thanks" -- 9 Administrative and Legislative Obstacles, or Strike Until They Give Up -- 10 Lack of Interest Versus European Citizenship, or Wanting to Belong to That Environment -- 11 Linguistic Hospitality. Notes on the Landscape's Europeanization -- 12 Summary, or If We Lose This, We Lose a Lot of Our Humanity -- Borders and Memory. From Historical Roots to Dialogical-Like Routes -- 1 Dialogical Remembering as a Prerequisite of Active Borders -- 2 Methodology of Research on Collective Memory in Euroregions -- 3 Agents of Cross-Border Cooperation and Reflection Thereof on Past -- 4 Dealing with Past as Generational Question -- 5 Conflicting Memories. Barriers or Catalysts for Cross-Border Cooperation? -- 6 Europeanization of Memory Between Dialogue of Memories and Happy Oblivion (Summary) -- Conclusion or I Ja Za Tobą Polak -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources.Contributions to political science.BoundariesEuropeEuropeBoundariesBoundaries.320.12Müller Karel B.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910639883203321Active Borders in Europe3003390UNINA