Borders and Border Regions in Europe: Changes, Challenges and Chances

Content\nIntroduction\nTHEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BORDERS\n	Border Types and Bordering Processes.A Theoretical Approach to the EU/Polish-Ukrainian Border as a Multi-dimensional Phenomenon\n	Qualities of Bordering Spaces.A Conceptual Experiment with Reference to Georg Simmel’s Sociology of Space\nEUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS AS “LABORATORIES” FOR CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION\n	Euroregions. Emerging New Forms of Cross-Border Cooperation\n	Territorial Cohesion and Border Areas\nIDENTITIES AND STEREOTYPES IN EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS\n	Identities and Stereotypes in Cross-Border Regions\n	Between Borders.France, Germany, and Poland in the Debate on Demarcation and Frontier Crossing in the Context of the Schengen Agreement\n	Cultural Distinction and the Example of the “Third East German Generation”\nVIEWS ON THE HISTORY OF POLISH-GERMAN BORDER REGIONS\n	Anthropology of Borders and Frontiers. The Case of the Polish-German Borderland (1945-1980)\n	The Dynamics of Unfamiliarity in the German-Polish Border Region in 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s\n	Historical Culture and Territoriality Social Appropriation in the German-Polish Border Region in the 19th and 20th Centuries\n	The View of French Diplomacy on the German-Polish Border Shift, 1940-1950\nCROSS-BORDER INTERACTION IN EUROPE’S NEIGHBOURHOOD\n	Borders, De Facto Borders and Mobility Policies in Conflict Transformation The Cases of Abkhazia and South Ossetia\n	“Good fences make…” The Separation Fence in Israel and its Influence on Society\nAuthors