Prispevek obravnava Alpe kot območje kulturnega, družbenega in političnega združevanja in ločevanja. V tem pogledu obravnava razmerje med različnimi mejnimi črtami", ki potekajo po alpskem prostoru in ugotavlja, da so slednje izraz kompleksnega odnosa med težnjami po prostorskem, družbenem in kulturnem razmejevanju alpskih pokrajin in njihovem sočasnem povezovanju. Zaradi tega se Alpe javljajo kot zanimiv in poseben primer družbenega in naravnega okolja, v katerem procesi družbene in politične modernizacije shajajo s persistentnimi oblikami kulturnih in teritorialnih identitet, a tudi z različnimi oblikami funkcionalne družbene in prostorske povezanosti na meddržavni in medregionalni ravni. Prispevek končno načenja vprašanje sobivanja med tradicionalnimi oblikami družbene in kulturne identitete v Alpah ter novimi izzivi rastoče mednarodne družbene in prostorske integracije."
The article is discussing both challenges and problems that emerge from an intensified cross-border integration, particularly in Europe, which is creating a sort of ‘cross-border regionalism’ that might be sought as a new constituent part of a complex, multi-level system of governance incorporating not only national, but also local/regional agents. Cross-border regionalism is thus not only a system of government, but also a system of ‘grass-rooted’ social and spatial (re)integration of borderlands. This process is closely related to the question of changing territoriality, preserving on the one hand the regional control and on the other hand re-acting societal and territorial co-dependence.
This article provides a survey of the local dimensions of a particular, but at the same time emblematic, Central Eurw pean border landscape; the problems caused by the dividing of a consolidated historical region after World War 11; and the phenomenon of its persistence in the field of human relations; thereby providing a basis for a gradual reintegration of the two border areas. The analysis of the regional structure and cross-border behaviour leads to the conclusion that social and functional cross-border integration is determined less by the proximity of the border than by a common social, cultural and territorial background of the border population. In fact, a lower degree of cultural affiaity between the two sides of the border has a dearly negative influence on the intensity of cross-border relations, even if the two sides have a similar or functionally complementary sociwconomic structure.
The article discusses the possibility of “measuring” the intensity of cross-border cohesion and co-dependence on the case of Slovene border areas. It presents first an overview of how geography has studied and interpreted borders, and what an impact had borders on both space and society. The author then analyses both qualitative and quantitative structure of border areas prior to Slovenia’s admission to the Schengen Space and explores recent changes after 2007, when border controls on the major part of his borders where eliminated. These developments produced several spatial and social (re)integration trends that have been detected in the author’s analyses through some comparable research methods and indicators, permitting also to rank Slovenian border sections and individual sub-areas by the intensity and quality of their cross-border cohesion.
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