Advances in European Borderlands Studies

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Elzbieta Opilowska; Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Kurcz; Prof. Dr. Jochen Roose

doi:10.5771/9783845276892

Summary

The nature of borders is to change their functions, which are shaped by historical events, political powers, and social and cultural forces. Therefore, borders are continuously being negotiated. The aim of this volume is to provide a selected state-of-the-art review of current research in the field of European borderlands studies. It presents a multidisciplinary perspective, ranging from the historical, political and social to the geographical aspects of borders. It reassesses the role of borders in Europe from an empirical and conceptual perspective. We take stock of research achievements and assess their fruitfulness for future research questions in the light of current political as well as academic developments. The volume provides a broad overview of current debates and the field’s most recent findings, but also contributes reflections on the wealth and shortcomings of this field of study at the beginning of a new age of defining national borders.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-3363-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7689-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: German and European Studies of the Willy Brandt Center at the Wroclaw University
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 426
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
Jochen Roose, Elżbieta Opiłowska, Zbigniew Kurcz
1. Structure of the Volume No access Jochen Roose, Elżbieta Opiłowska, Zbigniew Kurcz
2. Acknowledgments No access Jochen Roose, Elżbieta Opiłowska, Zbigniew Kurcz
1. Dariusz Wojakowski
  1. Introduction No access Dariusz Wojakowski
  2. Boundaries and borderlands – Ambiguity of the term and three theoretical paradigms No access Dariusz Wojakowski
  3. Border and borderland as a social performance No access Dariusz Wojakowski
  4. Concluding remarks No access Dariusz Wojakowski
2. Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  1. Introduction No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  2. Why borderland research? No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  3. Borderlands as cases No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  4. Borderlands as specific regions No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  5. Borderlands as quasi-experimental settings No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
  6. Conclusions No access Jochen Roose, Ulrike Kaden
3. Benefits of borderland sociology No access Pages 47 - 64 Zbigniew Kurcz
4. Raphael Bossong, Dominik Gerst, Imke Kerber, Maria Klessmann, Hannes Krämer, Peter Ulrich
  1. Introduction No access Raphael Bossong, Dominik Gerst, Imke Kerber, Maria Klessmann, Hannes Krämer, Peter Ulrich
  2. An interdisciplinary heuristic of multidimensional borders No access Raphael Bossong, Dominik Gerst, Imke Kerber, Maria Klessmann, Hannes Krämer, Peter Ulrich
  3. Borders and orders No access Raphael Bossong, Dominik Gerst, Imke Kerber, Maria Klessmann, Hannes Krämer, Peter Ulrich
  4. Concluding remarks No access Raphael Bossong, Dominik Gerst, Imke Kerber, Maria Klessmann, Hannes Krämer, Peter Ulrich
5. Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  1. Introduction No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  2. The Bordering approach: getting borders back into everyday life No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  3. The Borderscapes approach: exploring the multiplicity of borders No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  4. Imaginaries: Post-structural approximations No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  5. Hans-Joachim Bürkner
    1. Empirical setting and methodology No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
    2. Imaginaries as elements of everyday re-politicising: empirical evidence No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
  6. Conclusion: What effects do imaginaries have on a borderscape? No access Hans-Joachim Bürkner
6. Andrzej Sadowski
  1. Introduction No access Andrzej Sadowski
  2. Borderlands – directions of dependence No access Andrzej Sadowski
  3. Political parties as a form of initiative for national minorities in borderland No access Andrzej Sadowski
  4. Conclusions No access Andrzej Sadowski
7. Quo vadis borderlands studies? The transformation of European borders and new research perspectives No access Pages 121 - 130 Martin Klatt
1. Jarosław Jańczak
  1. Introduction No access Jarosław Jańczak
  2. No access Jarosław Jańczak
  3. The borders of EUrope – classical paradigms No access Jarosław Jańczak
  4. Geopolitical models and geostrategies of the European Union No access Jarosław Jańczak
  5. The polycentric perspective and a new approach in defining the borders of EUrope No access Jarosław Jańczak
  6. Conclusions No access Jarosław Jańczak
2. Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  1. Introduction No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  2. Theoretical background No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  3. Characteristics of the Opole Voivodship No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  4. Borderlandness of the Opole Voivodeship No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  5. Rise of Silesian identity No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  6. Migration patterns No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  7. Regional community No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  8. Multiculturalism, civil society and quality of governance – defining the concepts No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  9. Quantitative analysis No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  10. Conclusions No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
  11. Acknowledgements No access Bartosz Czepil, Wojciech Opioła
3. Tadeusz Popławski
  1. Introduction – peripherality of borderlands No access Tadeusz Popławski
  2. The results of borderlands’ peripherisation No access Tadeusz Popławski
  3. Managing borderland as a process of recovering from peripherality No access Tadeusz Popławski
  4. Good neighborhood policy and the role of political elite - positive and negative examples No access Tadeusz Popławski
  5. Conclusion No access Tadeusz Popławski
4. Renata Kusiak-Winter
  1. Introduction No access Renata Kusiak-Winter
  2. Cross-border cooperation supporting local communities No access Renata Kusiak-Winter
  3. Cross-border cooperation for implementing EU policies No access Renata Kusiak-Winter
  4. Cross-border relations in public administration No access Renata Kusiak-Winter
  5. Conclusions No access Renata Kusiak-Winter
1. Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
  1. Introduction No access Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
  2. Demographic disparities of the borderland No access Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
  3. Efficiently counteracting negative effects of demographic change – the case of Saxony No access Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
  4. Cross-border cooperation for tackling the effects of depopulation No access Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
  5. Summary No access Izabela Bal, Sylwia Dołzbłasz
2. Kamilla Dolińska, Julita Makaro, Natalia Niedźwiecka-Iwańczak
  1. Introduction No access Kamilla Dolińska, Julita Makaro, Natalia Niedźwiecka-Iwańczak
  2. Opportunities and threats – an empirical analysis No access Kamilla Dolińska, Julita Makaro, Natalia Niedźwiecka-Iwańczak
  3. Conclusions No access Kamilla Dolińska, Julita Makaro, Natalia Niedźwiecka-Iwańczak
3. Specific nature of the Polish–German scientific cooperation in borderlands No access Pages 239 - 248 Andrzej Sakson
4. Does a border bring people closer or draw them apart? A handful of general remarks about transborder university collaboration No access Pages 249 - 258 Krzysztof Wojciechowski
5. Boguslavas Gruževskis, Simonas Šabanovas
  1. Introduction No access Boguslavas Gruževskis, Simonas Šabanovas
  2. Theoretical approach. Wallerstein’s world system theory adopted at municipal level No access Boguslavas Gruževskis, Simonas Šabanovas
  3. Results No access Boguslavas Gruževskis, Simonas Šabanovas
  4. Conclusions No access Boguslavas Gruževskis, Simonas Šabanovas
1. Irena Szlachcicowa
  1. Introduction No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  2. Border No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  3. he concept of the border is usually defined in a narrow sense, i.e. a territorial or spatial sense, but the definition can also be more abstract in nature, with a much broader reference. Questions pos... No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  4. The narration of disappearing borders No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  5. Border, frontier, identity No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  6. Troubling question of identity No access Irena Szlachcicowa
  7. Conclusions No access Irena Szlachcicowa
2. Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  1. A little history at the beginning No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  2. Borderland in sociological meaning No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  3. Historical transformation of the Silesian borderland No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  4. Residents of Upper Silesia No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  5. The identity of a Silesian borderland No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
  6. Contemporaneity of the Silesian borderland No access Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański
3. Katarzyna Stokłosa
  1. Introduction No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
  2. Which twin towns? No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
  3. Experience of war and division No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
  4. Narva–Ivangorod No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
  5. Veľké Slemence–Mali Slemenci No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
  6. Conclusions No access Katarzyna Stokłosa
4. Elżbieta Opiłowska
  1. Introduction No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  2. Data and conceptual framework No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  3. History of the twin city Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice. A short overview No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  4. Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice – a twin city without borders? No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  5. The Kleist Route No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  6. The bilingual city No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
  7. Conclusion No access Elżbieta Opiłowska
5. Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
  1. The Polish–German borderland and the Gubin–Guben neighbourhood No access Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
  2. Conception of the research No access Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
  3. Empirical findings No access Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
  4. Source: the authors’ own research. No access Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
  5. Conclusion No access Marcin Dębicki, Julita Makaro
6. Máté Dávid Tamáska
  1. Research objectives No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
  2. From macro structures to the milieu of spaces No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
  3. The milieu of border in the townscape No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
  4. Methodology No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
  5. Máté Dávid Tamáska
    1. Milieus of division No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
    2. The common milieus of twin towns No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
    3. The inner structure and milieus of the twin towns No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
  6. Conclusion No access Máté Dávid Tamáska
7. Robert Bartłomiejski
  1. Introduction No access Robert Bartłomiejski
  2. Theoretical perspective No access Robert Bartłomiejski
  3. Method and background No access Robert Bartłomiejski
  4. The case of Polish participation in PEGIDA’s anti-immigrant protests No access Robert Bartłomiejski
  5. Conclusions No access Robert Bartłomiejski
Notes on Contributors No access Pages 413 - 426