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Irish cross-border cooperation : the case of the Northwest region
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Date Issued
2006
Date Available
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Abstract
Traditionally grasped as a division, the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is increasingly understood as forming an individual unit made up of multiple connections. This paper analyses this border as assumed, and tries to develop its meaning within a European setting. The academic focus is on regional studies, political geography, spatial planning and border literature, and the paper puts forward an approach to national and regional borders as whole entities to be planned for and managed. The paper analyses variation in the impact of crossborder cooperation in the Northwest region on regional development and the spatial perception of it. The role of stakeholders and of local institutional relationships is considered, and the importance of government and institutional policies, and cultural factors, for the growth and success of cross-border activity is examined. The paper focuses, in particular, on recent cross-border projects in the Northwest region
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Not applicable
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
64
MFPP Working Papers
14
Copyright (Published Version)
The author, 2006
Subject – LCSH
Ireland--Boundaries--Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland--Boundaries--Ireland
Intergovernmental cooperation--Northern Ireland
Intergovernmental cooperation--Ireland
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Revised version of a paper presented at a study group meeting on “Planning for and
working in Border areas”, Derry, 13 October 2005, as part of the programme Mapping
frontiers, plotting pathways: routes to North-South cooperation in a divided island.
ISSN
1649-0304
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