Borders and Border Regions in Europe (eBook, PDF)

Changes, Challenges and Chances

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection / transcript Verlag
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783839424421
• Artikelnr.: 40744182

Autorenporträt

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.) was coordinator of the Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He worked on post-communist societies and Social Europe.