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Changing patterns of city-Hinterland relations in Central and East European borderlands: Szczecin on the edge of Poland and Germany
(Springer Netherlands, 2015) Balogh, Péter
This paper examines cross-border cooperation in a broader European context, looking in particular at the experiences of the Szczecin region since the end of the communist rule in 1990. Political reform allowed local and regional governments to create direct linkages with regions in neighbouring countries, as well as with regions further afield. However, as well as administrative and geographical factors, historic and political factors can play a role in the development of cross-border relations and the ability of a city or region to fulfil its broader locational potential. This is particularly true in the case of Szczecin, which, as the city of Stettin, was part of Germany until 1945. After becoming part of Poland, it turned its back on that part of its former hinterland in Germany, and rather than being orientated towards Berlin and the West bank of the Oder, it became oriented towards Warsaw. After 1990, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommen in Germany favoured closer economic and political collaboration, both to promote development on their territories and to restore the region's relative centrality within Central Europe. However, the Polish government is far more centralised than the German one, and cross-border cooperation was straitened because of this. In addition, local and national politics also influenced the strength and breadth of cooperation. Despite this, cooperation between Szczecin and the neighbouring German regions has grown and continues to grow, both formally, through joint agreements, and plans, and informally through bottom-up cooperation, such as cross-border migration in search of housing, cross-border trade in goods and services and more recently, the development of Szczecin as a low-cost flight destination. Such cooperation has been enhanced by Szczecin's participation in broader European networks. Additional national actors have to some extent removed some of the political sensibility attached to cooperation with Germany alone.
A comparison of regions cooperating across borders in the Danube region with a focus on best practices
(Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, 2016) Balogh, Péter; Gyelník, Teodor
Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction, content, research design and methodology
(Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives, 2016) Balogh, Péter; Ocskay, Gyula; Pete, Márton
Hungarian and Slovak national narratives with a focus on the shared boundary
(CESCI, 2017) Balogh, Péter; Gyelnik, Teodor
The use of national narratives plays a major role in putting into perspective and interpreting a group’s collective identity and self-perception. Hence, it profoundly influences and affects the relationship towards the ‘Other’ that is usually situated in a strictly separated position. Studying the national narratives of the two East Central European countries, Hungary and Slovakia, contributes to a better understanding of their relationship. Apart from historical narratives, this includes their interpretations of collective identities, and of borders and dividing lines between them. Our study is based on a content analysis of intellectual exchanges, as well as popular and pseudo-scientific narratives and beliefs. Our comparative analysis reveals the similarities and differences between national logics and identity-interpretation. We find that, on the bi-national level at least, the prevailing national narratives are often mutually exclusive and remain the source of tensions. While the latter were quickly overshadowed by the rise of a common enemy, the (Muslim) migrants last year, this is most likely a temporary development. Further, on the local level there are many examples of more inclusive narratives as well as signs of peaceful co-existence. Therefore, local narratives should inform and contribute to modify national narratives, which can in turn facilitate improved bilateral relations as well as successful cross-border interactions.
Limits to integration: Persisting border obstacles in the EU
(Springer International Publishing, 2018) Balogh, Péter; Svensson, Sara
This chapter explores the various ways in which borders act as barriers and obstacles in the European Union, and why borders maintain this function even in a context of openness. While most formal barriers to the mobility of goods, capital, services, and labour (i.e. the “four freedoms”) have by now been removed within the European Union, the effects of borders persist. For people living close to borders, these function as obstacles that are related to communication and infrastructure, legal and administrative differences, as well as language and culture. Opinion polls and consultations with European stakeholders witness the importance of addressing regulatory (legal and administrative) obstacles, especially in the fields of labour and education, while language is an important obstacle where more could be done. The chapter finishes with policy recommendations to practitioners seeking to conduct and/or improve systematic policy work to remove border obstacles for enhanced territorial cohesion and regional development.
Resilience at Hungary's borders : Between everyday adaptations and political resistance
(Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2022) Svensson, Sara; Balogh, Péter
Returning to Eurasia from the heart of Europe? Geographical metanarratives in Hungary and beyond
(The Centre for European Studies (CFE) at Lund University, 2015) Balogh, Péter
The revival of cultural heritage and borders
(Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 2019) Balogh, Péter
Borders now seem to be everywhere, just like it is often said in heritage studies that the past is everywhere. In this edited volume a multidisciplinary group of scholars explore what happens, philosophically and in practice, when these two concepts and phenomena, heritage and borders, are combined. The findings show that heritage, as well as borders, exist just as much in the mind as on the ground. Heritage and borders can be understood both in terms of roots and routes. They are matters of administration, but they are also matters of consideration, matters of competition, and matters of contention. They are defended in the name of security and protection, longing for belonging, and good will. And they are contested in the name of philosophical critique, or political and artistic activism. In six articles and a joint conversation, the volume addresses key issues and entangled complexities in discussions on heritage and borders that take place in and across academic disciplines today.
Spatial identity politics and the right in Hungary
(Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, 2022) Balogh, Péter

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