Cross-border Governance: Inventing Regions in a Trans-national Multi-level Polity

Gualini, Enrico

doi:10.1080/02513625.2003.10556833

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“…Ibsen 1994), it must be questioned if such a slippery notion should be used exclusively for analyzing the success or failure of cooperative initiatives and for developing relational capital in crossborder situations. Therefore, the role of borders and their meaning in cooperative networks and crossborder governance should be considered in a more multifaceted perspective and cross-border governance must be regarded as a social process that has to be institutionalized through networks or cooperative initiatives (Gualini 2003). Governance of cross-border regions involves questions of horizontal and vertical coordination, which inevitably touch the political and administrative borders that are deeply enshrined as the central institutions that define the social order of nation-states (Hamedinger 2011).…”

Section: The Meaning Of Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Borders in Metropolitan Development: The Case of Vienna

Giffinger

Hamedinger

2013

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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For almost two decades, Vienna, Austria's capital city, has been coping with the processes of metropolitanization on the urban-regional level. With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, these processes are basically related to the changing meaning of borders and the repositioning of Vienna within Central Europe. Not surprisingly, specific different strategic initiatives have been developed to meet the challenges of cross-border metropolitan development. However, the positive or negative influence of these initiatives on metropolitan development remains unclear without the definition of assessment criteria.To describe and assess relevant initiatives, two specific elements of the concept of territorial capital, cooperative efforts and relational capital, are systematically examined in this paper. The meaning of borders, which are conceptualized as multilayered social constructs, in both theoretical elements is especially taken into account. Cooperative efforts are assessed by focusing on two different aspects: the tangible assets in the form of infrastructure projects or joint activities in businesses (i.e. addressing the economic, physical and partly social layer/dimension of borders) and the intangible assets in the form of collective competencies and trust (i.e. social, cultural, identity layer/dimension of borders).Thus, questions regarding the metropolitan development of Vienna are addressed by theoretically examining the basis of the concept of territorial capital and by taking empirical evidence into account. Finally, some more general conclusions concerning cooperative strategic efforts in the context of crossborder development and the role of the multilayered meaning of borders in shaping these efforts are discussed.

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Section: The Meaning Of Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Borders in Metropolitan Development: The Case of Vienna

Giffinger

Hamedinger

2013

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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“…Kluczowym pytaniem zadawanym przez badaczy w tym obszarze jest kwestia sposobów wspólnego rozwi¹zy-wania problemów w przestrzeni publicznej w wymiarze przekraczaj¹cym granicê pañstwow¹ 22 . Wymiar instytucjonalny rozwa¿añ uzupe³niany jest tutaj rozwa¿aniami nad transgraniczym zaanga¿owaniem spo³eczeñstwa obywatelskiego w postaci aktywnooeci trzeciego sektora oraz jednostek, wchodz¹cych w interakcje z jednostkami z drugiej strony granicy.…”

Section: A Cross-border Governanceunclassified

Przesunięcie koncepcyjne w studiach granicznych

Jańczak

2018

10.14746/pp

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Jaros³aw JAÑCZAK PoznañPrzesuniêcie koncepcyjne w studiach granicznych Wprowadzenie D wie dekady nastêpuj¹ce po upadku systemu komunistycznego w Europie charakteryzuj¹ siê rosn¹cym zainteresowaniem politologów szeregiem problemów badawczych, takich jak transformacja, demokratyzacja, globalizacja czy integracja europejska. W tym samym okresie (i z podobnych powodów) prze¿ywaj¹ swój renesans studia graniczne (border studies). Retrospektywny ogl¹d ponad dwudziestu lat dynamicznego rozwoju tego obszaru badawczego pozwala na okreoelenie wyraŸnych trendów zwi¹zanych tak z przedmiotem zainteresowania naukowców, jak i dominuj¹cymi podejoeciami teoretycznymi oraz metodologi¹ prowadzenia badañ. Przywo³ane wymiary wi¹¿¹ siê bezpooerednio z procesami politycznymi i spo³ecznymi zachodz¹cymi w OEwiecie Zachodnim, przede wszystkim ze wspomnianymi ju¿ integracj¹ europejsk¹ oraz globalizacj¹, ale tak¿e z przemian¹ istoty pañstwa, rozumienia terytorialnooeci i suwerennooeci.Celem niniejszego artyku³u jest zarysowanie trendów rozwojowych studiów granicznych. Postawiono tezê, i¿ granica jako przedmiot badañ przesuwana jest ze sfery politycznej ku wymiarowi spo³ecznemu, co oznacza odchodzenie od obiektywizacji zjawisk z ni¹ zwi¹zanych ku podejoeciom subiektywnym. Jednoczeoenie mo¿na zaobserwowaae tendencjê do wyodrêb-niania siê dyscypliny badawczej, dysponuj¹cej (lub pragn¹cej dysponowaae) w³asnym zapleczem teoretycznym i metodologicznym. Próby takie podejmowane s¹ jednak w warunkach, w których studia graniczne nadal poszukuj¹ swojej to¿samooeci. Renesans studiów granicznychPocz¹tek lat dziewiêaedziesi¹tych w Europie i Ameryce Pó³nocnej naznaczony by³ nie tylko politycznym, ale tak¿e akademickim entuzjazmem zwi¹zanym z -jak siê wydawa³o -ostatecznym przezwyciê¿eniem podzia³ów wraz z koñcem systemu komunistycznego. Emanacj¹ tego podejoecia by³a koncepcja oewiata bez granic (borderless world) 1 , naiwnie -jak siê wkrótce okaza³o -zak³adaj¹ca, i¿ razem z zakoñczeniem konfliktu ideologicznego nast¹pi globalna standaryzacja normatywna i strukturalna wed³ug wzorców zachodnich, czego efektem musi byae zmiana znaczenia granic pañstwowych. Demokratyczny i wolny oewiat powinien gwarantowaae swobodny przep³yw idei, ludzi i towarów, co mo¿liwe by³oby tylko w warunkach szeroko rozumianej otwartooeci. Szybko okaza³o siê jednak, i¿ tak praktyka spo³eczna, jak i sfera polityki pañstwowej potrzebuj¹ granic i musz¹ pos³ugiwaae siê granicami, zarówno jako konstruktami prawnymi, jak i spo³ecznymi, kulturowymi, ekonomicznymi,

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“…Cross-border initiatives, such as access to funding, promotion of regional assets, and policy exchanges among other possibilities, depend on the development of networks, which in turn are related to building common interests for the cross-regional community (Gualini 2003). In that sense, the political and economic dimension become key issues in developing cross-border associations to promote polices for improving the bi-national region.…”

Section: Cross-border Governance Globalization and Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, border region initiatives require local and cross-border governance in order to organize and promote regional economic development. In that sense, building cross-border alliances is a crucial task to achieve local objectives (Gualini 2003). However, governance in border regions requires developing networking and cooperation, based on institutional mechanisms with the involvement of the private and the public sectors.…”

Section: Economic Integration Border Regions and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Integration, Emerging Fields and Cross-border Governance: The Case of San Diego–Tijuana

Cota

Dupeyron

2017

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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The border cities of San Diego and Tijuana have experienced increasing crossborder economic, social and political relationships that have brought about the need for increasing governance of regional cross-border issues. Cross-border public, private and nonprofit organizations have emerged on both sides of the border. The cross-border cooperation and governance in the San Diego-Tijuana region has promoted both the infrastructure and economic projects that have been required by different public and private organizations. The economic organizations that are considered incumbents are trying to develop a strategic action field in the area of cross-border economic activity. Challengers are represented by organizations looking to encourage educational, cultural and ecological cooperation and are considered actors interacting in an emerging field. Both incumbents and challengers have yet to develop more extensive networks in order to have greater influence in the region.

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Cross-border Governance: Inventing Regions in a Trans-national Multi-level Polity

Cited by 62 publications

References 8 publications

Borders in Metropolitan Development: The Case of Vienna

Borders in Metropolitan Development: The Case of Vienna

Przesunięcie koncepcyjne w studiach granicznych

Economic Integration, Emerging Fields and Cross-border Governance: The Case of San Diego–Tijuana

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