Symmetries, asymmetries and cross-border cooperation on the German-Polish border

The border between Germany and Poland represents one of the most interesting examples of dynamic political, economic and social transformation one can observe in post-Cold War Europe, being a very successful example of close cooperation. Ongoing debordering logics can be noticed there, but their for...

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Autor: Jańczak, Jarosław
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:192806
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/192806
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/dag.518
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Asymmetries
German-polish border
Debordering
Asimetries
Frontera germano-polonesa
Desfronterització
Asimetrías
Frontera germano-polaca
Desfronterización
Asymétries
Frontière germano-polonaise
Défrontérisation
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Sumario:The border between Germany and Poland represents one of the most interesting examples of dynamic political, economic and social transformation one can observe in post-Cold War Europe, being a very successful example of close cooperation. Ongoing debordering logics can be noticed there, but their forms and pace also reveal stagnation, or even regress in some sectors. It is claimed that the dynamic intensification of cross-border cooperation there after the collapse of the communist regimes in this part of Europe resulted from a complex set of interactions on the European, national and local levels. The key objectives there were relatively convergent which contributed to rapid debordering. They started, however, to diverge over time, differently on each of the levels. This process was contextualized in the symmetries and asymmetries existing on the border, which in many cases resulted in rebordering tendencies.