Borders in Central Europe after the Schengen agreement

Description

This book is the result of research into the considerable impacts the signing of the Schengen Agreement has had on the border regions of the signatory, in particular the Central European internal borders. The analysis provides an in-depth look at European integration, development and perception at the state level as well as in the selected border regions of Central Europe. The book discusses results from population questionnaires in this region, and presents the most important features of development of border regions within Central European internal borders/borderlands after the Schengen Agreement. This book is suitable for students and researchers dealing with the borderlands, but also outlines sufficient information to be of interest to regional planners and policy makers. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Milan Jeřábek, Tomáš Havlíček, Jaroslav Dokoupil)....Pages 1-13 Changing European Union: The Schengen Agreement (Petr Dostál)....Pages 15-35 Development in the Border Areas as Part of the European Integration Process (Jaroslav Dokoupil, Tomáš Havlíček, Milan Jeřábek)....Pages 37-48 The Schengen Phenomenon—Fact or Fiction? (Tomáš Havlíček, Milan Jeřábek, Jaroslav Dokoupil)....Pages 49-65 Euroregions as a Platform for Cross-Border Cooperation (Milan Jeřábek, Tomáš Havlíček, Jaroslav Dokoupil)....Pages 67-91 Institutionalisation of Cross-Border Cooperation: The Role of the Association of European Border Regions (Martín Guillermo Ramírez)....Pages 93-102 Boundaries and Transborder Relations: The Case of Switzerland (Walter Leimgruber)....Pages 103-123 Development of the Slovak Borderlands with an Emphasis on the Situation After Schengen: Internal and External Borders (Marián Halás)....Pages 125-145 Eastern Borderland of the Baltic States as the External Border of Schengen (Josef Miškovský)....Pages 147-166 Silesian Identity Across the Internal Border of the EU (Tadeusz Siwek)....Pages 167-177 Quality of Life and Cross-Border Relations in Selected Czech Euroregions (Alena Matušková, Jiří Preis, Magdalena Rousová)....Pages 179-196 Building a Cross-Border Region Using the Example of Euroregion Silva Nortica—On the Way from Closed to Open Borders (Tomáš Havlíček, Veronika Klečková)....Pages 197-211 Creating a Cross-Border Community as Part of the European Integration Process (František Zich)....Pages 213-227 Conclusions: The Borderlands After Schengen—Self-sufficient, Oscillatory and/or Transit Regions? (Milan Jeřábek, Tomáš Havlíček, Jaroslav Dokoupil)....Pages 229-239