Constructivist Views of Cooperation along the Border

Fábiàn Attila ()
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Fábiàn Attila: University of West Hungary Faculty of Economics, Institute of International and Regional and Economics, Sopron, Hungary

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Economics and Business, 2013, vol. 1, issue 1, 39-51

Abstract: The present essay makes an attempt to examine the sociocultural field with a constructivist approach, which gives an opportunity to interpret the concept of “border” in a discursive way. This approach emphasises the importance of the role of the ideas and values related to the creation and the development of cross-border regions. The essay places great emphasis on security and cultural communities that are necessary for cross-border cooperation and sustainable regionalism. According to constructivism, security means the communities are in a mutual multi-level connection and people try to avoid conflicts with dialogue, cooperation and socialization. A cultural community along a border is a community created by border societies whose members mutually influence each other. Because of these two aspects, a good neighbourly relation can develop along the border, which may have beneficial effects on the economy of the whole country

Keywords: cross-border cooperation; constructivist approach; security communities; cultural communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/auseb-2014-0003

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