Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2278547
Christine Leuenberger
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Pub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2278549
Julie Collins-Dogrul
ABSTRACTHow to manage collective action across borders to address shared transborder problems is an ongoing challenge. This study presents a qualitative longitudinal analysis of the organizational history of the U.S.-Mexico border health field during a critical period spanning from 2000 to 2022. It analyzes a process of interorganizational competition, organizational failure, and field contraction followed by new network formation during the COVID-19 pandemic. I argue that policymakers should consider the relational dynamics of organizations as they develop transborder collective action to address shared problems. The research demonstrates the utility of integrating purpose-oriented network and organizational field concepts into borders as process theory which enhances our understanding of how interorganizational relationships mediate debordering and rebordering processes.KEYWORDS: Organizational fieldpurpose-oriented networkborder healthU.S-Mexico borderorganization failuregovernance Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by a Whittier College Faculty Research Grant and a residential fellowship at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-08DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2276471
Hynek Böhm, Artur Boháč, Lukáš Novotný, Emil Drápela, Wojciech Opioła
The article focuses on analyzing the impact of pandemic-induced border closures on cross-border integration within the Euroregion Neisse-Nisa-Nysa (ERN) encompassing parts of Germany, Czechia, and Poland. The restrictions on border crossings significantly disrupted the flow of people and goods across the ERN, affecting the daily lives of individuals residing on both sides (or all three sides) of the borders, particularly cross-border commuters. These individuals, referred to as borderlanders, found themselves disproportionately affected by the closures, with no representation to advocate for their interests. Consequently, the article highlights the key consequences of border closures and evaluates the initiatives undertaken by Euroregional stakeholders to enhance the resilience of cross-border cooperation within the ERN. In the concluding remarks, stakeholders involved in cross-border cooperation are urged to seize the opportunity and proactively advance their collaboration, as their interim unambiguous responses to the pandemic bounce in between advancing their cooperation and coming back to a pre-pandemic state. This can be achieved through the implementation of people-centric initiatives and a transition towards the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, facilitating a more effective and sustainable cross-border partnership.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2276475
Sandra Hagelin
ABSTRACTThe eastern Baltic borders have become more prominent in public debates following the instrumentalized migration crisis orchestrated by Belarus in 2021. This article explores and assesses the discourses related to borders and border barriers emerging in the Baltic states in reaction to the “crisis”. Using a discourse analysis framework, the work engages with the discursive framing concerned with how to define and consolidate the border and the use of border barriers, as interpreted through media frames. The article situates the framing of borders and border barriers within geopolitical identities and the notion of entangled borders in the EU, referring to the overlapping of nation-state border regimes and the EU external border regime that occurs along the EU’s borderlands. The article finds that media frames relate to three primary discourses: increasing securitization, the Baltic states’ positionality within the EU, and the changing geopolitical space. Discourses on borders and border barriers reveal that different types of borders often entangle in each other, which, through this entanglement, contributes to how borders are constructed, conceived, and expressed.KEYWORDS: Discoursesentangled bordersidentity geopoliticsBaltic statesBelarus Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 For this study the BSR is taken to include all states geographically located around the Baltic Sea.2 The first Soviet occupation of the Baltic states in 1940 was followed by a Nazi occupation between 1941-1944, in 1944 the Baltics were recaptured and annexed into the Soviet Union.3 A recent interpretation relates the narrative of migrants to that on the language of invasive wildlife (Wilson Citation2023).4 Barbed wire that is formed into large coils, is often used for military and security purposes.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2276458
Nora Crossey, Florian Weber
ABSTRACTIn recent years, cross-border cooperation within the European Union – in particular between France and Germany – has experienced renewed “top-down” and “bottom-up” impulses towards a new multiscalarity. Focussing on the Moselle-Saarland region, we outline the relevance of local cross-border networks – conceptualized as “borderlands of governance” – for border-regional cooperation, which became particularly evident throughout the management of the Covid-19-pandemic. Making use of windows of opportunity offered by traditional “top-down” governance, borderlands of governance offer and perpetuate notions of alternative (cross-border) spatialities as relevant spaces of political action, both through practical spearheading of cross-border projects and through the representation of border interests within structures of multilevel governance.KEYWORDS: Multilevel cross-border governanceborderlands of governancegreater regionregional cross-border strategiesintermunicipal cooperationAachen treaty Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 In 2016, the French territorial reform merged the three former régions into one larger région Grand Est. The départements of the former région Lorraine have been pursuing a devolution of border-relevant competencies – while the département Alsace has been granted competencies pertaining to language education, tourism, and marketing under the label of a “Collectivitée Européenne d‘Alsace”, the département Moselle has been pursuing a similar devolution of competencies under the label of a “Eurodépartement Moselle” (Département de la Moselle Citation2019).2 “Angepasste Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften einschließlich Ausnahmeregelungen”3 Our research interest lies specifically with the experiences and bottom-up perspectives of mayors as local, on the ground decisions-makers. The French intermunicipal associations (EPCI) exert competencies relevant to cross-border governance (such as economic development), but directly represent the interests of their constituent municipalities rather than constituting a distinct political-administrative level within territorial governance structures. They were therefore not included in our qualitative or quantitative research.4 Our empirical focus lies on French and German municipalities, however, interviews with mayors from Luxembourg allowed to explore similarities or differences between the three “core members” (“SaarLorLux”) of the Greater Region.5 Of the municipalities taking part in the survey, 14 were border municipalities, and 29 non-border municipalities. The remaining seven municipalities could not be identified and were not included in comparative analyses distinguishing between border and non-border municipalities.6 To ensure readability, all interview quotes were translated into English.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-12DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2261471
Juan Thomas Ordóñez, Hugo Eduardo Ramírez Arcos
ABSTRACTThis article explores the life and work of Venezuelan migrants in the Colombia/Venezuela border neighborhood of La Parada, in the Colombian municipality of Villa del Rosario, Department of Norte de Santander. We use ethnographic fieldwork, complemented with a simple survey we helped organize in the area, to show how border jobs are shaped and depend upon a variety of actors such as state institutions, non-governmental and other humanitarian organizations, members of guerrilla groups, and paramilitaries. All these actors have influence and control different aspects of the flow of goods and people across this busy border, where the distinction between legal and illegal transits is blurry in every sense. The overlapping territorialities that these actors shape through different practices articulate a particularly precarious life for migrants who must learn to read and respond to volatile and changing systems of border control. We discuss the perspectives of migrants themselves and show how they had to respond to the effects of the quarantine instated during the COVID-19 pandemic.KEYWORDS: Migrationborderscross-border laborColombiaVenezuela AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the Scientific Colombia Program – EFI Alliance: Programs and Policies for the Promotion of a Formal Economy, code 60185, which are part of the EFI Alliance – Formal and Inclusive Economy, under the Contingent Recovery Agreement No. FP44842-220-2018.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 This paper is part of the project titled “Destinos Colombianos: experiencias migrantes de venezolanos en tres regiones del país” which was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Universidad del Rosario, in Bogotá, under the filing number DVO005 140-CS101 on October 11, 2018.2 Unless we give a specific date, all equivalences in US dollars are calculated using the exchange rate for August 28, 2021, when the interview was conducted.3 Colombia has no ius soli or birthright citizenship (Price Citation2017) but agreed to give migrant children born in the country Colombian nationality to honor its commitments in the fight against statelessness.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Scientific Colombia Program – EFI Alliance: Programs And Policies For The Promotion Of A Formal Economy – Formal and Inclusive Economy, under the Contingent Recovery Agreement No. FP44842-220-2018: [Grant Number code 60185].
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Pub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2262162
Juliana Ribeiro da Rosa, Douglas Wegner, Francesca del Ben
ABSTRACTThis study aimed to analyze the micro-governance of a cross-border Brazil–Uruguay collaborative network and how it contributes to a favorable environment for collaboration. To achieve this objective, a single case study was conducted with a qualitative approach using document analysis and interviews with 19 Brazilian and Uruguayan stakeholders from the public, private, and civil society sectors. The results show that two contextual factors, resource asymmetry among participants and collaboration time, explain the need for greater emphasis on the use of certain governance functions while, at the same time, making other functions less necessary. The behaviors become more predictable and stable with the collaboration time, requiring less emphasis on alignment, monitoring, and conflict arbitration in collaborative networks. However, resource asymmetry requires efforts to integrate, mobilize, and organize the participants and their resources. We contribute to the theory by showing how contextual factors affect the use of micro-governance functions in a cross-border collaborative network and how the governance fosters an environment that stimulates collaboration. Practitioners can also benefit from our study, as it facilitates a deeper comprehension of how collaborative networks can be governed to produce collective results in cross-border contexts.KEYWORDS: Collaborative networksnetwork governancemicro governancecross-borderresource asymmetrycollaboration time Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [grant number 423317/2018-0]; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [grant number 308011/2020-1].
摘要本研究旨在分析巴西-乌拉圭跨境合作网络的微观治理及其如何促成有利的合作环境。为了实现这一目标，采用定性方法进行了单一案例研究，使用文件分析和对来自公共、私营和民间社会部门的19名巴西和乌拉圭利益相关者进行了访谈。结果表明，参与者之间的资源不对称和协作时间这两个上下文因素解释了为什么需要更加强调某些治理功能的使用，同时使其他功能变得不那么必要。随着协作时间的推移，这些行为变得更加可预测和稳定，在协作网络中对对齐、监控和冲突仲裁的强调就会减少。然而，资源不对称需要努力整合、动员和组织参与者及其资源。我们通过展示上下文因素如何影响跨境协作网络中微观治理功能的使用，以及治理如何促进刺激协作的环境，为这一理论做出了贡献。从业者也可以从我们的研究中受益，因为它有助于更深入地理解如何管理协作网络以在跨境背景下产生集体结果。关键词:协作网络;网络治理;微观治理;跨境资源不对称;协作时间;本研究由Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico支持[资助号423317/2018-0];国家环境保护协会Científico e Tecnológico[资助号308011/2020-1]。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2261474
Erin E. Cory
Scholarly work addressing art and migration has clustered around certain themes: art as therapy, art as expression of identity and memory, art as political mobilization, and art as integration. Similarly, scholars have noted the significance of tattoo art in terms of embodied identity and reclaiming the self after trauma. The overlap between these literatures remains a largely unexplored area of inquiry. This article examines tattooing as an everyday artistic practice in a refugee’s post-migration life. Through an ethnographic case study focusing on Kash, an Iranian man who sought asylum in Sweden, I theorize tattooing as intercultural bridgework (Anzaldúa 2002) functioning in three ways: self-expression, a mode of social integration, and ultimately a transferable skill. This article argues for considering tattoo art as a sustainable (meaning, something that can sustain the artist) art form in the post-migration context. A focus on tattooing as a refugee/migrant practice presents a novel contribution to work on migration and art and allows for an examination of the embodied intersections of expression and integration outside the realm of project-based research.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2261456
Brenda Mendez, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza
ABSTRACTThis research aims to estimate the σ and β convergence hypotheses for the period following the 2008 crisis (2010–2019) in the states of the Mexico-United States border region. The objective is to determine whether the disparities in per capita income have decreased during that period. Panel and spatial panel methodologies are employed to confirm the β-convergence hypotheses, taking into account heterogeneity, spatial dependence, and the endowment of human capital as conditioning factors. The σ-convergence is estimated using standard deviation. The results indicate the presence of σ-convergence and conditional β-convergence. However, a higher endowment of human capital does not necessarily lead to increased convergence rates due to existing differences between the two economies. In conclusion, there is a need to formulate public policies in Mexico that promote educational attainment among the population residing in the northern border region.KEYWORDS: Human capitalconvergenceregional economic growthpanel dataspatial econometrics Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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Pub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2261455
Anissa Maâ, Julia Van Dessel, Amandine Van Neste-Gottignies
Migration information campaigns and awareness-raising activities are increasingly used by Western governments as a “soft” tool of border enforcement in countries of origin, transit, and destination. Acting upon perceptions and aspirations, these information provision initiatives aim at convincing (potential) migrants to remain in or “voluntarily” return to their country of origin. As they rely on security and humanitarian rationales, they gather heterogenous actors whose practices oscillate between migration control and assistance. Yet, despite their apparently consensual nature, these initiatives bring out conflicting interests and generate contestations on the ground. In this perspective, this SI approaches information as a highly crowded and disputed field to grasp the complexity of power relationships in a restrictive migration context. Drawing on an interdisciplinary perspective, it investigates the discourses and norms conveyed by governmental initiatives that use information as a tool to control mobilities; the communication strategies defined by state and non-state actors to reach (potential) migrants; and the everyday practices deployed by migrants themselves to navigate this disputed information landscape.
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