This title was first published in 2002. Most nation states in Europe have undergone dramatic
social and political upheaval with the construction of new or the redefinition of existing …

Pertti Joenniemi a and Jarosław Jańczak b, c aKarelian Institute, University of Eastern
Finland, Joensuu, Finland; bFaculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz …

The border between Germany and Poland represents one of the most interesting examples
of dynamic political, economic and social transformation one can observe in post-Cold War …

Cross-border cooperation is recognised as an important aspect of regional development
and especially EU cohesion policy. Policy effectiveness depends on how well programmes …

The integration in border regions and towns is often considered to be a test-case in
European integration. Although the social and democratic legitimacy of the European Union …

In this article I shall explore discursive constructions of ethnicity, and in particular notions of
'Polishness', among members of three-generation families living in the Polish town of …

Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe can be seen as a laboratory of border demarcation.
The enormous and violent shifting of power through the 20th century has been marked by …

On the basis of fieldwork conducted in the two towns Görlitz and Zgorzelec, situated directly
on the German-Polish border, this article explores how different versions of the border are …

Die spezifischen Bedingungen von Grenzräumen geben immer wieder Anlass dafür, dass
die Raumwissenschaften sich ihnen mit einem besonderen Interesse zuwenden. Dabei geht …

Oder. Ich erinnere mich nicht an die ausgestorbenen Städte auf beiden Seiten des Flusses,
nicht an wilde Felder, die das Gras überwuchs.[...] Im Gedächtnis sind Massen von …