Spheres of transnationalism within the European union

On open doors, thresholds and drawbridges along the Dutch–German border

Bibliographic Data

ID7843769
AuthorsA Strüver (0000-0002-6934-4739, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume31
Issue2
Pages323-343
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183042000339954
OpenAlexW2058632467
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited21

This article addresses the European Union's claim to establish transnational spaces through co-operation across its internal borders. Focusing on the Dutch–German borderland as an example, people's practices towards this border and their perceptions of it are introduced. It is underscored that these practices are influenced by popular representations, which (re)produce bounded spaces and the barrier effect of the border, thus making it difficult to imagine a transnational space. This observation is complemented by the phenomenon that—due to a housing shortage in the Netherlands—Dutch people have recently begun to move to German places directly on the border, although they maintain their jobs in the Netherlands. Concentrating specifically on one of these German villages, Kranenburg, the emergence of a community of transmigrants is highlighted in order to reflect upon the question of whether this form of frequent short-distance border crossing fosters a European transnational sphere

Business · Doors · European union · Geography · German · International trade · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transnationalism · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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