Understanding European Cross-border Cooperation: A Framework for Analysis

• Luis De ^[1]
  1. [1] Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

     Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

     Penafiel, Portugal

     
• Localización: Revue d'integration europeenne= Journal of european integration, ISSN 0703-6337, Vol. 35, Nº 6, 2013, págs. 669-687
• Idioma: inglés
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  • European integration has had a dual impact on border regions. On the one hand, borders were physically dismantled across most of the EU's internal territory. On the other hand, they have become a fertile ground for territorial co-operation and institutional innovation. The degree of cross-border co-operation and organization achieved varies considerably from one region to another depending on a combination of various facilitating factors for effective cross-border co-operation, more specifically, economic, political leadership, cultural/identity and state formation, and geographical factors. This article offers a conceptual framework to understand the growth and diversity of cross-border regionalism within the EU context by focusing on the levels of and drives for co-operation.