Estonia-Southern Finland Cross-Border Region

What Kind of Cross-Border Integration Is Taking Place? An Analysis From Experts in Cross-Border Cooperation; Pp. 185–209

Bibliographic Data

ID20206071
AuthorsTeresa González‐gómez (0000-0002-5179-2189, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume22
Issue2
Pages185-209
Publication date2018-05-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTrames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514
PublisherEstonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.3176/tr.2018.2.06
OpenAlexW2804125752
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Since the emergence of the first European community initiatives in the form of Interreg (European Territorial Cooperation), cross-border regions have become laboratories of European integration. There is extensive empirical research on the evolution of cross-border cooperation and how cross-border regions are constructed. Also, in the last two decades a more social and day-to-day approach in the study of these cross-border regions has gained attention, putting forward a more bottom-up focus to complement institutional analysis, since European cross-border cooperation evolves through both formal and in­formal processes developing interrelatedly. In this paper we adopt a social capital approach to analyse how cross-border integration is constructed among experts involved in institu­tional cooperation in the border region of Southern Finland and Estonia. Using mixed methodology based on semi-structured interviews and social network analysis, our find­ings reflect different patterns of border behaviour, all of which have significant value as opportunities for greater European integration

Cross-border cooperation · Economic geography · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · European Union Policy and Governance · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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