Cross-Border Cooperation Structures in Europe

This volume looks at European cross-border cooperation from a multiplicity of perspectives, examining its motivations, its actors, its inclusion in the context of international relations, its organizational models, its outcomes and its impact on labour markets, economic development, neighbourhood policies and the creation of new identities.

Since its inception, one of the distinguishing features of the project of European integration has been the overcoming of internal borders. This aim has had one of the most remarkable outcomes in the history of cross-border cooperation, resulting in the creation of territorial structures known as Euroregions, with or without legal personality, and with substantial financial support from EU institutions. This distinctive element is characteristic of the models and achievements of cross-border cooperation in Europe and North America. At a time of reflection about the European integration model and its future, it is interesting to investigate the different aspects involved in cross-border cooperation, from a historical perspective projected onto the future. This volume looks at cross-border cooperation from a multiplicity of perspectives, examining its motivations, its actors, its inclusion in the context of international relations, its organizational models, its outcomes and its impact on labour markets, economic development, neighbourhood policies and the creation of new identities. These issues are analysed within a number of different European geographical locations, assessing how far we have come and exploring the road that still lies ahead.

Autorentext

Luis Domínguez is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Vigo, where he holds a Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam. He is also Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Director of a Master s programme in Community Policies and Territorial Cooperation. He has published several studies on cross-border cooperation. Iva Pires is Associate Professor in the Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Lisbon. She is currently carrying out research at the Centre of Geographical Studies (Lisbon), which is the largest institution in Portugal dedicated to geographical research. Her main interests are social and economic geography, regional planning, services and territory and Iberian economic relations.

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Contents: Luis Domínguez/Iva Pires: EU Cross-Border Cooperation. Historical Balance and Future Perspectives - Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly: A Review of Cross-Border Cooperation in North America - Birte Wassenberg: The Place of Cross-Border Cooperation in International Relations - James W. Scott: From Europhoria to Crisis. Cross-Border Cooperation, Euroregions and Cohesion - Markus Perkmann: The Emergence and Governance of Euroregions. The Case of the EUREGIO on the Dutch-German Border - Martin van der Velde: Cross-Border (Im)mobility in Times of Crisis - Eduardo Medeiros: Cross-Border Cooperation in Raia Ibérica. The Role of the INTERREG in Building Territorial Networks - Alessandro Torello: An Analysis of Slovenian Cross-Border Cooperation Programmes with Austria and Italy - Gerhard Besier/Katarzyna Stoklosa: Labour Market Migration in the German-Polish and in the Danish-German Border Region - Thomas Lundén: Informal Cross-Border Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Area. Identity and Allegiance as a Hindrance and Possibility - François Moullé/Bernard Reitel: A Continuously Ambivalent Border. Building Cooperation Strategies in the Cross-Border Metropolises of Basel and Geneva - Edit Soós: Endeavours to Establish EGTCs on Hungary's External Borders.