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

Edition: 1/2017
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 University of Wrocław
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 426
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
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1. Structure of the Volume No access
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2. Acknowledgments No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. Boundaries and borderlands – Ambiguity of the term and three theoretical paradigms No access
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  3. Border and borderland as a social performance No access
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  4. Concluding remarks No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. Why borderland research? No access
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  3. Borderlands as cases No access
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  4. Borderlands as specific regions No access
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  5. Borderlands as quasi-experimental settings No access
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  6. Conclusions No access
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3. Benefits of borderland sociology No access Pages 47 - 64
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  2. An interdisciplinary heuristic of multidimensional borders No access
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  3. Borders and orders No access
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  4. Concluding remarks No access
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  2. The Bordering approach: getting borders back into everyday life No access
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  3. The Borderscapes approach: exploring the multiplicity of borders No access
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  4. Imaginaries: Post-structural approximations No access
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    1. Empirical setting and methodology No access
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    2. Imaginaries as elements of everyday re-politicising: empirical evidence No access
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  6. Conclusion: What effects do imaginaries have on a borderscape? No access
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  2. Borderlands – directions of dependence No access
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  3. Political parties as a form of initiative for national minorities in borderland No access
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  4. Conclusions No access
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7. Quo vadis borderlands studies? The transformation of European borders and new research perspectives No access Pages 121 - 130
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  3. The borders of EUrope – classical paradigms No access
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  4. Geopolitical models and geostrategies of the European Union No access
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  5. The polycentric perspective and a new approach in defining the borders of EUrope No access
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  6. Conclusions No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. Theoretical background No access
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  3. Characteristics of the Opole Voivodship No access
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  4. Borderlandness of the Opole Voivodeship No access
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  5. Rise of Silesian identity No access
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  6. Migration patterns No access
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  7. Regional community No access
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  8. Multiculturalism, civil society and quality of governance – defining the concepts No access
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  9. Quantitative analysis No access
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  10. Conclusions No access
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  11. Acknowledgements No access
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  1. Introduction – peripherality of borderlands No access
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  2. The results of borderlands’ peripherisation No access
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  3. Managing borderland as a process of recovering from peripherality No access
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  4. Good neighborhood policy and the role of political elite - positive and negative examples No access
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  5. Conclusion No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. Cross-border cooperation supporting local communities No access
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  3. Cross-border cooperation for implementing EU policies No access
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  4. Cross-border relations in public administration No access
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  5. Conclusions No access
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  2. Demographic disparities of the borderland No access
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  3. Efficiently counteracting negative effects of demographic change – the case of Saxony No access
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  4. Cross-border cooperation for tackling the effects of depopulation No access
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  5. Summary No access
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  2. Opportunities and threats – an empirical analysis No access
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  3. Conclusions No access
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3. Specific nature of the Polish–German scientific cooperation in borderlands No access Pages 239 - 248
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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
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  2. Theoretical approach. Wallerstein’s world system theory adopted at municipal level No access
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  3. Results No access
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  4. Conclusions No access
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  2. Border No access
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  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
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  4. The narration of disappearing borders No access
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  5. Border, frontier, identity No access
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  6. Troubling question of identity No access
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  1. A little history at the beginning No access
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  2. Borderland in sociological meaning No access
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  3. Historical transformation of the Silesian borderland No access
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  4. Residents of Upper Silesia No access
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  5. The identity of a Silesian borderland No access
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  6. Contemporaneity of the Silesian borderland No access
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  2. Which twin towns? No access
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  3. Experience of war and division No access
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  4. Narva–Ivangorod No access
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  5. Veľké Slemence–Mali Slemenci No access
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  6. Conclusions No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. Data and conceptual framework No access
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  3. History of the twin city Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice. A short overview No access
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  4. Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice – a twin city without borders? No access
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  5. The Kleist Route No access
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  6. The bilingual city No access
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  7. Conclusion No access
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  1. The Polish–German borderland and the Gubin–Guben neighbourhood No access
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  2. Conception of the research No access
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  3. Empirical findings No access
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  4. Source: the authors’ own research. No access
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  5. Conclusion No access
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  1. Research objectives No access
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  2. From macro structures to the milieu of spaces No access
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  3. The milieu of border in the townscape No access
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  4. Methodology No access
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    1. Milieus of division No access
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    2. The common milieus of twin towns No access
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    3. The inner structure and milieus of the twin towns No access
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  6. Conclusion No access
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  2. Theoretical perspective No access
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  3. Method and background No access
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  4. The case of Polish participation in PEGIDA’s anti-immigrant protests No access
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Notes on Contributors No access Pages 413 - 426