TY - JOUR
T1 - Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai: Cross-border integration with or without the border?
AU - Durand, Frédéric
AU - Perrin, Thomas
PY - 2018/3/25
Y1 - 2018/3/25
N2 - For 30 years, the opening of internal borders in the European Union has engendered many cross-border exchanges in borderlands. European cross-border regions created within this context are thus framed and characterized by the simultaneous dynamics of bordering and cross-border integration. This paper examines these two processes and the analysis is based on the representations of stakeholders from the Eurometropolis of Lille?Kortrijk?Tournai. It highlights two main results. First, the representations of stakeholders shed light on bordering dynamics that can be combined even though they can also appear to be contradictory. In particular, the paper unveils the dimension of 'a-bordering', which refers to a certain status quo of and about the border. Second, the representations of takeholders show ambivalent and concomitant visions of a 'cross-border integration with the border' and a 'cross-border integration without the border'. These representations challenge the implementation of cross-border policies and schemes.
AB - For 30 years, the opening of internal borders in the European Union has engendered many cross-border exchanges in borderlands. European cross-border regions created within this context are thus framed and characterized by the simultaneous dynamics of bordering and cross-border integration. This paper examines these two processes and the analysis is based on the representations of stakeholders from the Eurometropolis of Lille?Kortrijk?Tournai. It highlights two main results. First, the representations of stakeholders shed light on bordering dynamics that can be combined even though they can also appear to be contradictory. In particular, the paper unveils the dimension of 'a-bordering', which refers to a certain status quo of and about the border. Second, the representations of takeholders show ambivalent and concomitant visions of a 'cross-border integration with the border' and a 'cross-border integration without the border'. These representations challenge the implementation of cross-border policies and schemes.
KW - Border
KW - Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
KW - cross-border integration
KW - cross-border metropolitan region
KW - representations
UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0969776417704688
U2 - 10.1177/0969776417704688
DO - 10.1177/0969776417704688
M3 - Article
SN - 0969-7764
VL - 25
SP - 320
EP - 336
JO - European Urban and Regional Studies
JF - European Urban and Regional Studies
IS - 3
ER -