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Cross-Border Networks in Informal and Formal Cooperation in the Borders Regions of Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo and South Finland-Estonia
Fostering border relations among the people in border regions seems a precondition for the future envisagement and success of cross-border regions and European Integration. Related studies to border relations observe the weakness of these informal border contacts and relations. However, weak ties represent an opportunity for interaction, and little has been said about how they might play in the construction and performance of institutional cross-border cooperation (CBC). In this work, we examine the nature of personal border networks of professionals working in CBC and how they are interconnected with the institutional CBC. This paper is based on a mainly qualitative research of two different border regions: Andalusia, Algarve and Alentejo (AAA) and South Finland and Estonia (SFE). Nevertheless, the methodology is multi-method, using semi-structured interviews, with specific questions for applying a social network analysis. Conclusions point out different patterns of border relations in both border regions. In AAA, most of the cross-border relations are weaker and related to their professional involvement in institutional CBC. In SFE, border relations rely both on working and personal reasons. All of these cross-border relations imply a significant value as opportunities for social capital construction across the borders and, hence, for greater interaction and cross-border integration. ; Primary data used in this paper are part of the Teresa Gonza´lez-Go´mez Doctoral Thesis in process, titled “Social Capital Applied to Cross-border Cooperation: A Comparative study of two border regions”, supervised by Estrella Gualda, and supported by the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise (Government of Andalusia,Spain) granting one of the co-authors with a Pre-doctoral Scholarship. This paper has also been partially supported by the ESEIS, Social Studies and Social Intervention Research Centre (University of Huelva, Spain, www.eseis.es), by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) and the ...
Cross-Border Networks in Informal and Formal Cooperation in the Borders Regions of Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo and South Finland-Estonia
Fostering border relations among the people in border regions seems a precondition for the future envisagement and success of cross-border regions and European Integration. Related studies to border relations observe the weakness of these informal border contacts and relations. However, weak ties represent an opportunity for interaction, and little has been said about how they might play in the construction and performance of institutional cross-border cooperation (CBC). In this work, we examine the nature of personal border networks of professionals working in CBC and how they are interconnected with the institutional CBC. This paper is based on a mainly qualitative research of two different border regions: Andalusia, Algarve and Alentejo (AAA) and South Finland and Estonia (SFE). Nevertheless, the methodology is multi-method, using semi-structured interviews, with specific questions for applying a social network analysis. Conclusions point out different patterns of border relations in both border regions. In AAA, most of the cross-border relations are weaker and related to their professional involvement in institutional CBC. In SFE, border relations rely both on working and personal reasons. All of these cross-border relations imply a significant value as opportunities for social capital construction across the borders and, hence, for greater interaction and cross-border integration. ; Primary data used in this paper are part of the Teresa Gonza´lez-Go´mez Doctoral Thesis in process, titled “Social Capital Applied to Cross-border Cooperation: A Comparative study of two border regions”, supervised by Estrella Gualda, and supported by the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise (Government of Andalusia,Spain) granting one of the co-authors with a Pre-doctoral Scholarship. This paper has also been partially supported by the ESEIS, Social Studies and Social Intervention Research Centre (University of Huelva, Spain, www.eseis.es), by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) and the ...
Cross-Border Networks in Informal and Formal Cooperation in the Borders Regions of Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo and South Finland-Estonia
González Gómez, Teresa (Autor:in) / Gualda, Estrella (Autor:in)
01.05.2013
doi:10.1080/09654313.2013.789487
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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