EU Enlargement, Region Building And Shifting Borders of Inclusion And Exclusion

✍ Scribed by James Wesley Scott

• Publisher: Ashgate
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 260
• Series: Border regions series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The entry of 10 Central and Eastern European countries, along with Malta and Cofu, into the EU in 2004 caused a huge shift in the EU's external boundaries. The socio-economic and political transformations that this shift has caused along the new EU border not only suggest new regional development opportunities, but also many potential problems and tensions. While the EU insists that enlargement will not signify 'new divisions', processes of inclusion and exclusion and the imposition of visa restrictions on non-EU citizens could pose obstacles to co-operation, conjuring fears of an emerging 'fortress Europe' that effectively divides the continent. Illustrated with case studies from Central and Eastern European border areas, this book examines capacities for region-building across national borders in within the context of EU enlargement, synthesizing the various insights provided by local information and suggesting ways forward for the future development of the EU's 'Wider Europe' strategy.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Maps......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
Part I: Introduction: Aims and Outline of the Book......Page 16
1 Wider Europe as a Backdrop......Page 18
Part II: Borders and the Geopolitics of EU Enlargement......Page 30
2 Wider Europe: Geopolitics of Inclusion and Exclusion at the EU’s New External Boundaries......Page 32
3 Geopolitics of Scale and Cross-Border Cooperation in Eastern Europe: The Case of the Romanian-Ukrainian-Moldovan Borderlands......Page 50
4 The European Community as a Gated Community: Between Security and Selective Access......Page 68
Part III: EU Enlargement and Its Impact at New External Borders......Page 78
5 Changing Border Situations within the Context of Hungarian Geopolitics......Page 80
6 The Impact of EU Enlargement on the External and Internal Borders of the New Neighbours: The Case of Ukraine......Page 96
7 Regional Cooperation in the Ukrainian-Russian Borderlands: Wider Europe or Post-Soviet Integration?......Page 110
8 The New Neighbourhood – A ‘Constitution’ for Cross-Border Cooperation?......Page 128
Part IV: Evolving Cooperation Frameworks and Cross-Border Regional Development......Page 146
9 The Impact of EU Enlargement on Moldovan-Romanian Relationships......Page 148
10 Euroregions along the Eastern Borders of Hungary: A Question of Scale?......Page 164
11 Transboundary Interaction in the Hungarian-Romanian Border Region: A Local View......Page 178
12 Patterns of Legal and Illegal Employment of Foreigners along the Hungarian-Ukrainian Border......Page 186
13 Local and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation between Poland and Ukraine......Page 192
Part V: Cross-Border Cooperation and Regional Development at the Former External Borders......Page 208
14 Normalizing Polish-German Relations: Cross-Border Cooperation in Regional Development......Page 210
15 Regional Development in Times of Economic Crisis and Population Loss: The Case of Germany’s Eastern Border Regionalism......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 232
C......Page 254
E......Page 255
K......Page 256
P......Page 257
S......Page 258
W......Page 259
Z......Page 260