A Reterritorialization of European Space? A Study of two European Cross-Border Regions
NAUNDORF, SARAH (2010)
2010
Kansainvälinen politiikka - International Relations
Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta - Faculty of Social Sciences
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2010-10-05
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https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-20937
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-20937
Tiivistelmä
This thesis approaches the problem of possible reterritorialization processes of the state- centric Westphalian system from the perspective of cross-border regions over internal borders of the European Union.
The examination of this topic starts off with a review of main strands of academic debate related to the development of the state-centric perspective, to processes of reterritorialization and deterritorialization in the European Union as well as to the role that cross-border regions over internal borders of the European Union play in challenging the state-centric perspective and the furthering of reterritorialization processes.
In order to enable a coherent analysis, the theoretical framework will subsequently be introduced. The framework used in this thesis is informed by Critical Geopolitics and focuses on four main concepts: border, territory, power and order. The methodological tools used to carry out the analysis are case study method and interviews that were conducted with respondents in the EUREGIO and the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA.
The analysis will focus on the main theoretical concepts and their characteristics in the two case studies by using the interviews as a tool to introduce the specific view of each region under investigation. It will be shown that whereas the cross-border regions are no direct challengers to the state-centric system they do fulfil an important function not only with regard to their initially intended purpose but also with regard to a softening of the state- centric character of the introduced theoretical concepts.
Asiasanat:cross-border regions
The examination of this topic starts off with a review of main strands of academic debate related to the development of the state-centric perspective, to processes of reterritorialization and deterritorialization in the European Union as well as to the role that cross-border regions over internal borders of the European Union play in challenging the state-centric perspective and the furthering of reterritorialization processes.
In order to enable a coherent analysis, the theoretical framework will subsequently be introduced. The framework used in this thesis is informed by Critical Geopolitics and focuses on four main concepts: border, territory, power and order. The methodological tools used to carry out the analysis are case study method and interviews that were conducted with respondents in the EUREGIO and the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA.
The analysis will focus on the main theoretical concepts and their characteristics in the two case studies by using the interviews as a tool to introduce the specific view of each region under investigation. It will be shown that whereas the cross-border regions are no direct challengers to the state-centric system they do fulfil an important function not only with regard to their initially intended purpose but also with regard to a softening of the state- centric character of the introduced theoretical concepts.
Asiasanat:cross-border regions