Fading EU phoria at the D utch‐ G erman Border? The Case of A vantis

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ID10833554
AuthorsJoren Jacobs (Nijmegen Centre for Border Research Department of Geography, Planning and Environment Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands, corresponding author), Henk‐Jan Kooij (0000-0003-1045-5044, Nijmegen Centre for Border Research Department of Geography, Planning and Environment Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands)
Year2013
Volume104
Issue3
Pages379-387
Publication date2013-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tesg.12034
OpenAlexW2128372346
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited17

The paper deals with the failure of the A vantis cross‐border business estate. The inception of this hitherto largely undeveloped site took place in the early 1990s, a period which we suggest characterising with the notion of EU phoria, that is, a widely held belief in the future of a borderless E urope. EU phoria is seen as the key to bringing together otherwise separate discourses under one shared ambition of constructing a cross‐border business estate. With the fading of EU phoria, however, A vantis resurfaces as a shared problem and appears to have been built on expectations and promises held within a discourse of E uropean integration rather than among private investors. In retrospect, Avantis as a product of EU phoria remains a EU topia, albeit with very few believers

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