Cross-Border Cooperation and the Europeanization of the Slovenian-Hungarian Border Region

Authors

  • Tatiana Bajuk Senčar ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2019480109

Keywords:

border regions, EU integration, Slovenia, Goričko, Hungary, cross-border funding programs, debordering, anthropology of borders

Abstract

This paper will examine how EU integration processes inform developments in the border region between Slovenia and Hungary by focusing on EU funding as an instrument of cross-border integration. Ethnographic interviews serve as a means for ascertaining how actors in the border region experience these EU funding initiatives, what sorts of changes these projects introduce, what sorts of networks they facilitate, and how they inform borderland experience and development.

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Published

19.12.2019

How to Cite

Bajuk Senčar, T. (2019). Cross-Border Cooperation and the Europeanization of the Slovenian-Hungarian Border Region. Traditiones, 48(1), 213–231. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2019480109

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 1 (2019): ZAVAROVANA OBMOČJA OB SLOVENSKO-MADŽARSKI MEJI / PROTECTED AREAS ALONG THE SLOVENIAN-HUNGARIAN BORDER

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ZAVAROVANA OBMOČJA OB SLOVENSKO-MADŽARSKI MEJI / PROTECTED AREAS ALONG THE SLOVENIAN-HUNGARIAN BORDER

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