(CROSS)BORDER TOWNS AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Jarosław Jańczak

Abstract


Perceptions of scale change in integration processes make it possible to apply different evaluations of the reasons for integration and its implementation. Border twin towns constitute an interesting case for empirical investigation. Discourse analyses of their administrative structures enables the construction of different models of cross-border collaboration/integration. Integration practice and conflict legacy, among other things, determine this process.

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Border twin towns; border integration; European integration; cross-border relations

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/teka.2013.0.8.53
Date of publication: 2015-07-03 10:28:33
Date of submission: 2015-06-30 22:57:37


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