Overview
- Explores how identities, public spheres and collective memories are being transformed in cross-border areas
- Offers case studies on the German-Czech, Czech-Austrian, and Polish-German borderlands
- Provides a novel interpretative framework of the concept of active borders
Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores how identities, public spheres and collective memories are being transformed in cross-border areas, contributing to the broad sociological context of Europeanization. Offering case studies on the German-Czech-Austrian, and Czech-Polish-German borderlands, the book introduces original primary data on cross-border cooperation. This data is interpreted using the concept of active borders, which approaches borders as a source of multicultural competence and cognitive capacity. In turn, the authors argue that Europeans need to treat borders, both territorial and symbolic, as specific cultural forms. Active borders allow an unprecedented level of cross-border cooperation and integration, and foster a better understanding of differences, rather than re-embedding them or constructing others. Accordingly, the authors contend that active borders promote more dynamic, open and resilient societies, and represent crucial prerequisites for the success of the European integration project.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Luděk Fráně is a PhD student of Regional and Political Geography at the Faculty of Science, Charles University (Czechia), and project manager in the Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia. His research focuses on topics of European Neighbourhood Policy, cross-border cooperation within and outside the EU and spatial integration of border areas.
Kamil Fleissner works at the Czech Supreme Audit Office. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Economics in Prague and as a researcher at the University of Granada. His Research focuses on topics of collective memory, nationalism and immigration, especially in the Spanish context.
Daniel Kný works at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, in Section for European Affairs. He pursued his PhD in Political Science at the University of Economics in Prague. In his research he has dealt with the phenomenon of European identity, and the role identities play in decision-making processes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Active Borders in Europe
Book Subtitle: Identity and Collective Memory in the Cross-Border Space
Editors: Karel B. Müller
Series Title: Contributions to Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23773-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23772-0Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23775-1Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23773-7Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2198-7289
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7297
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 151
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Political Sociology, Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Psychology