Changing Border Regimes, Mining, and Cross-border Labor in the Dutch–Belgian–German Borderlands, 1900–1973
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12144398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ad Knotter (0000-0001-6161-686X, Maastricht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 375-384 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Borderlands Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0886-5655 • E-ISSN: 2159-1229 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08865655.2014.938969 |
| OpenAlex | W2056817554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this article the incidence of cross-border commuting to the mining districts in the Belgian–Dutch–German borderlands, known today as the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, will be related to the impact of state borders in different periods. Cross-border labor was closely related to changing border regimes based on uneven economic development, (un)familiarity, and the policy impact of powerful institutions like the state and the church. The main argument is that after the First World War in Dutch Limburg a conscious policy to control the labor force and bind them to mining in the region was relatively successful. Discrepancies in wages and employment opportunities led to border-crossing during restricted periods and for specific groups of workers only
Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Political science · State (computer science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Local Governance and Planning · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Border permeability and cross-border mobility in Europe, 1960–2020
Belonging, Migration, and Profession in the German-Danish Border Region in the 1830s
A Site of Shifting Boundaries
L'impact territorial des pratiques des travailleurs frontaliers
Normal Science in the Time of Corona
Commuting Between Border Regions in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium
Katanga Swahili and Heerlen Dutch
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |