The spatial dimension of coronavirus crisis management and the role of subnational actors in the German–Polish border region

Hennig, Anja

doi:10.1080/14616696.2020.1846065

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“…Lockdowns seriously limited liberties and rights. Several papers of the special issue looked at questions of migration and border controls asking, for example, whether the crisis has marked the end of borderless Europe (Opiłowska 2020) or examining how different national actors navigated the crisis bringing new models into being (Hennig 2020).…”

Section: Governance and The Welfare Statementioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? – Introduction to the COVID volume

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The coronavirus pandemic, which first impacted European societies in early 2020, has created a twofold crisis by combining a health threat with economic turmoil. While the crisis has affected all European societies very significantly, its impact varies across countries, social groups, and societal domains. In an effort to provide a first overview of the effect of the coronavirus crisis, in this editorial we discuss contributions of 58 papers published as part of this special issue. These early research papers illustrate the varied impact of the pandemic on various areas of social life. The first group of studies in this special issue analyzes the effect of the pandemic on social inequalities with respect to gender, ethnic otherness, education, and work. A second stream of research focuses on the psychological consequences of the pandemic, especially with respect to wellbeing and resilience. Thirdly, the crisis is discussed on a societal level, in regard to welfare states, social policies, and approaches to crisis governance. In a fourth line of inquiry, several studies have analyzed the impact of the pandemic on social solidarity and cohesion. A fifth strand of research is devoted to examining the role of culture and lifestyles. This review ends with a discussion of areas for future research trajectories.

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Section: Governance and The Welfare Statementioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? – Introduction to the COVID volume

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“…In the Baltic region, the pandemic has affected all countries, limiting the normal freedom of movement of goods, persons, services and capital. Particularly large costs have occurred in cross-border integration and internationalization processes (Klatt 2020;Jańczak 2020;Hennig 2021). In the conducted research it was shown that in the Baltic Sea countries, the course of the pandemic has revealed all the contradictions and possible costs that characterize this artificial crisis.…”

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Crisis diagnosis in cross-border region: lessons from the pandemic

Bilczak¹

2021

JESI

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In the article, methods and tools for diagnosing crisis phenomena in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the example of border regions of the Baltic Sea countries and the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation, were presented. Governmental measures and restrictions on the functioning of the economic subjects introduced in the border regions caused some shock and stress situation, which are of great importance for the course of the crisis conditions and the way out of the crisis. The purpose of the diagnosis is to establish a specific recognition of the research object, to provide a specific description and to formulate a final document or a conclusion about the condition of this object within a specified research completion date. In other words, the diagnosis allows the determination of the state of the research object and the development of a conclusion from these results, which can be based on indicators, coefficients, standards, in order to propose real positive changes up to the definition of the strategy and development tactics. The study uses the methods of systemic, structural, factor and comparative analysis, considering common and available parameters. A qualitative diagnosis of the object is carried out based on the algorithm and research stages. Specific problems are investigated on the basis of indicators and characteristics that are comparable in studies of corona crisis phenomena. Currently, the frontier economy is facing new challenges that test the basic mechanisms of functioning in crisis conditions. All these processes imply measures to eliminate the consequences of post-pandemic phenomena. This research can be used by the public administration units in diagnosing the processes of cross-border cooperation in the period of recovering from the post-pandemic crisis.

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“…However, the reintroduction of physical borders has demonstrated not only the power of national states but also the high level of cross-border integration in certain border regions, especially in divided towns. Jańczak (2020), Hennig (2020), and Opiłowska (2021) analyzed the impact of the pandemic on the German-Polish border, where they observed the high level of cross-border integration, driven mainly by cross-border flows. They also underlined the importance of divided towns in cross-border integration.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework To Study Divided Cities/townsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They also underlined the importance of divided towns in cross-border integration. Hennig (2020) highlighted the significance of civil society actors in times of crisis, who were able to lobby for a less restrictive border management response and helped to hold bilateral relations together. Böhm (2020) advised understanding covidfencing as a possible new “fuel” for CBC actors.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework To Study Divided Cities/townsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of Pandemic-Related Border Closures for Everyday Lives of Poles and Czechs in the Divided Town of Cieszyn/Český Těšín: Integrated Functional Space or Reemergence of Animosities?

Hans

2022

Nationalities Papers

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The article asks whether the divided town Cieszyn-Český Těšín can be considered a joint “living space” in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. It evaluates the impact of the pandemic on various aspects of the daily lives of the inhabitants and institutions of both parts of this divided town. Three main dimensions of cross-border integration were studied: cross-border flows, cross-border structures/institutions, and the feeling of togetherness, which represents an ideational dimension of cross-border integration. The research was based on studying narratives covering border closures in the divided town, the analysis of cross-borderness of existing Facebook groups acting in both parts of the divided town, and the results of an extensive questionnaire-based survey among its inhabitants. The border closures restricted cross-border flows, which hit cross-border commuters and damaged the quality of this divided town as a living place because it introduced uncertainty. However, the health crisis also showed the high level of mutual interconnections between the local inhabitants and a functional cross-border civic society. The local people and politicians tend to perceive the divided town as a joint living space. The level of cross-border integration highly exceeds the one usual in the “new EU.”

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The spatial dimension of coronavirus crisis management and the role of subnational actors in the German–Polish border region

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? – Introduction to the COVID volume

The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? – Introduction to the COVID volume

Crisis diagnosis in cross-border region: lessons from the pandemic

Challenges of Pandemic-Related Border Closures for Everyday Lives of Poles and Czechs in the Divided Town of Cieszyn/Český Těšín: Integrated Functional Space or Reemergence of Animosities?

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