Border changes in Central and Eastern Europe: An introduction

Колосов, В. А.; Więckowski, Marek

doi:10.7163/gpol.0106

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“…People take flight -as refugees -and we have a migration crisis in Europe, which is at the same time a political crisis. States like Hungary and Austria, but also Greece and Italy (which form the front line for contact with what are mostly seen as unwelcome guests) are beginning to try and fence themselves off, putting back borders that had been brought down (Vallet, 2016;Sobczyński, 2018;Kolosov & Więckowski, 2018), and acting to justify the existence of barriers, barbed wire, walls, electronic blockades and controls (Vallet, 2016;Żelichowski, 2018). A famously analogous situation is that applying along the southern border of the United States.…”

Section: Earth's Anthropocenementioning

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Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene?

Więckowski¹

2020

Geogr. Pol.

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The entire Earth system consists of fully dynamic conditions. Humankind’s manifold large and small influences on the planet are now very well-documented.Changes are now so vast, their traces so significant, that we have come to term this as if it was genuinely a new Epoch in that history – as the Anthropocene.Recently, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how an ostensibly small event at a single locality can take just a few weeks or months to change the world, and in some real sense to stop it. The author in this article in particular seeks to inject a further dose of far-reaching reflection on our pandemic, its influence on life on Earth, and its possible future consequences. Ultimately, then, it seeks an answer for a key question – as to whether COVID-19 is really in a position to stop, or at least slow, the runaway Anthropocene.With a view to encouraging reflection on humankind’s potentially reduced impact on the planet the Author suggestspriority areas of study in the near future.

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Section: Earth's Anthropocenementioning

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Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene?

Więckowski¹

2020

Geogr. Pol.

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“…Processes of political change have caused "re-internalisation" of tourism (Williams & Baláž 2002a), but also -especially in border regions -a so-called cross-borderisation of tourism (Więckowski 2010). This reflects -and also further enhances -both cross-border traffic and cross-border cooperation (Timothy & Saarinen 2013; Kolosov & Więckowski 2018;Mayer et al 2019). Such developments in tourism are of course supported strongly by various European Structural Funds (Timothy & Saarinen 2013; Studzieniecki & Meyer 2017; Dołzbłasz 2018).…”

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Tourism transitions, changes, and the creation of new spaces and places in Central-Eastern Europe

Więckowski¹,

Saarinen²

2019

Prz. Geogr.

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This paper outlines the general context of tourism, and the changes it underwent, in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries post-1990. The role of European Union enlargement is also discussed, allowing for an overall highlighting of the outcomes for tourism of the CEE countries’ political, administrative and institutional transformations. In essence, the development of transport systems and infrastructure have combined with the changing socio-economic conditions people experience to impact economically, socially and culturally – expanding the opportunities where tourism is concerned, as well as competition between countries and regions when it comes to attracting both tourists as such and investors. More specifically, the rapid privatisation of state-owned assets ensured a major impact in changing and developing tourism in the CEE, with the communist/post-communist structural changes in general proving a crucial catalyst underpinning most of the changes noted. This paper further serves the function of concluding contributions making up this special issue, and thus seeks to outline new future directions by which tourism in the CEE countries can be researched from the perspective of human geography.

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“…Jakie czynniki determinowały zmienność jej funkcji i stopnia przenikalności oraz jak niestabilność funkcji wpływała na codzienne życie mieszkańców pogranicza polsko-rosyjskiego 1 . Tym samym podjęte zostaną rozważania z zakresu zakłócania codziennych interakcji sąsiedzkich na pograniczach w wyniku zmienności obowiązujących reżimów granicznych, którą V. Kolosov oraz M. Więckowski (2018) uznali, za jedną z istotniejszych w zakresie badań granic Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Analizę podzielono na trzy okresy, wyróżniając wydarzenia, które szczególnie zmieniły funkcje i przenikalność granicy: upadek ZSRR, przystąpienie Polski do UE, wprowadzenie instrumentu małego ruchu granicznego (MRG).…”

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“…Tym samym można stwierdzić, że granice przybierają różne formy, mogą pełnić różne funkcje, które zmieniane są przez różnorodne czynniki (Nielsen, 2019). Jak podają V. Kolosov i M. Więckowski (2018), funkcje i reżimy graniczne są nieustannie konstruowane w trakcie wszystkich form ludzkiej działalności. Społeczności lokalne mogą nadawać granicom nowe znaczenia, zmieniać ich postrzeganie i odmiennie je wykorzystywać w życiu codziennym.…”

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Wybrane aspekty transformacji funkcji i stopnia przenikalności granicy polsko-rosyjskiej = Selected aspects of the transformation in function, and permeability, of the Polish-Russian border

Studzińska¹

2019

Prz. Geogr.

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The Polish-Russian border is unique, and for many reasons. One of these relates to the role of Kaliningrad Oblast vis-à-vis Russia on the one hand, and the EU and NATO on the other, making it clear how strategically important he District is from the geopolitical point of view. A second wider issue of course concerns Russia’s position on the international stage. Unsurprisingly, the Polish-Russian border has been characterised by a significant dynamic where changes of function and permeability are concerned. Given that the border plays a role even at global level, transformations that have occurred relate to changes in EU/Poland-Russian relations, even if such top-down considerations neglect a further significance from the point of view of border residents who must struggle with issues of lack of access to a stable border. The aim of the work detailed in this paper was thus to identify the functions played by the Polish-Russian border across the whole 1990–2018 period, as well as the associated degree of permeability. And despite a relatively rich literature devoted to the border in question, it is possible to note relative neglect of the matter of how that border was created and shaped, as well as a real lack of analyses when it comes to variability in status post-2012. This gap in the Polish literature, in particular, is bridged in the present paper, whose author sought the answers to three key research questions. These related to whether, and to what extent, the Polish-Russian border actually represented a barrier; to the factors determining variability of function and permeability; and to the impact of any instability of functioning on the everyday lives of inhabitants in the Poland-Kaliningrad border region. Analysis of the material compiled makes it clear that the greatest impact on the role of the border in question is that exerted by individual decisions of central governments and the European Parliament. For the years 1990–2018 saw the border’s status change under the influence of, for example: the introduction of visa-free travel (1990–1997), the Act on Foreigners (1998–2003), Poland’s accession to the EU (2004–2007), Poland’s accession to the Schengen Area (2008–2011), the introduction of local border traffic (2012–2016), the Crimean crisis (from 2014) and suspension of local border traffic (from 2016). Additionally, the role of the border has been changed by the state of border infrastructure, procedures, the image of Russia, global trends relating to borders and relations nurtured by ruling political parties.

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Border changes in Central and Eastern Europe: An introduction

Cited by 56 publications

References 22 publications

Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene?

Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene?

Tourism transitions, changes, and the creation of new spaces and places in Central-Eastern Europe

Wybrane aspekty transformacji funkcji i stopnia przenikalności granicy polsko-rosyjskiej = Selected aspects of the transformation in function, and permeability, of the Polish-Russian border

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