Borders and Border Regions in Europe: Changes, Challenges and Chances

Cover -- Content -- Introduction -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BORDERS -- Border Types and Bordering Processes.A Theoretical Approach to the EU/Polish-Ukrainian Border as a Multi-dimensional Phenomenon -- Qualities of Bordering Spaces.A Conceptual Experiment with Reference to Georg Simmel's Sociology of Space -- EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS AS "LABORATORIES" FOR CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION -- Euroregions. Emerging New Forms of Cross-Border Cooperation -- Territorial Cohesion and Border Areas -- IDENTITIES AND STEREOTYPES IN EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS -- Identities and Stereotypes in Cross-Border Regions -- Between Borders.France, Germany, and Poland in the Debate on Demarcation and Frontier Crossing in the Context of the Schengen Agreement -- Cultural Distinction and the Example of the "Third East German Generation" -- VIEWS ON THE HISTORY OF POLISH-GERMAN BORDER REGIONS -- Anthropology of Borders and Frontiers. The Case of the Polish-German Borderland (1945-1980) -- The Dynamics of Unfamiliarity in the German-Polish Border Region in 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s -- Historical Culture and Territoriality Social Appropriation in the German-Polish Border Region in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- The View of French Diplomacy on the German-Polish Border Shift, 1940-1950 -- CROSS-BORDER INTERACTION IN EUROPE'S NEIGHBOURHOOD -- Borders, De Facto Borders and Mobility Policies in Conflict Transformation The Cases of Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- "Good fences make..." The Separation Fence in Israel and its Influence on Society -- Authors.

Biographical note: Arnaud Lechevalier (Dr. habil.) teaches economics and political science at the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and is visiting professor at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). His research interests include social policy and European integration. Jan Wielgohs (Dr.) is coordinator of the Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He works on post-communist societies and Social Europe.

Biographical note: Arnaud Lechevalier (Dr. habil.) teaches economics and political science at the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and is visiting professor at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). His research interests include social policy and European integration. Jan Wielgohs (Dr.) is coordinator of the Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He works on post-communist societies and Social Europe

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

Theoretical perspectives on borders -- European border regions as "laboratories" for cross-border cooperation -- Identities and stereotypes in European border regions -- Views on the history of Polish-German border regions -- Cross-border interaction in Europe's neighbourhood.

Biographical note: Arnaud Lechevalier (Dr. habil.) teaches economics and political science at the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and is visiting professor at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). His research interests include social policy and European integration. Jan Wielgohs (Dr.) is coordinator of the Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He works on post-communist societies and Social Europe.

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