Anderson, James(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
This paper discusses some of the general problems of differentiating between the effects of state borders and the effects of related ethnonational identity differences, and particularly between the combined effects of ...
Cividin, Alessia(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
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 ...
Roper, Stephen(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
Cross-border and local cooperation can foster local learning and contribute positively to business performance and social cohesion. This paper considers firms’
economic motivation for both types of cooperation around the ...
Hayward, Katy(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
This paper analyses three local newspapers in the Derry-Donegal region for their presentation of cross-border issues in a two year period (2004-5). The border is portrayed in all three papers as a locus of political ...
Todd, Jennifer(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
State borders are typically held to shape categories of national identification. This
paper explores this interrelationship in the light of empirical evidence drawn from
research in the Irish border area. It begins by ...
Much scholarly writing on states and state boundaries assumes that these form or at least condition the bounds of identity. The 'institutionalisation' process is said to be one where the boundaries of the state become the ...
The designation of state borders as essential lines of division in Europe is disputed by the logic of European integration. But does the actual impact of EU membership quantifiably defuse the conflict potential of these ...
This paper focuses on the significance of the cross-border dimension in promoting
peace and reconciliation. Its central argument is that cross-border co-operation can help undermine the territorial “caging” which has been ...
Meehan, Elizabeth M.(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
This paper considers the impact of borders on employment opportunities or barriers on the island of Ireland. In that context, it is about several senses of “border”: the creation of two borders on the independence of ...
This paper is based on a set of case studies of cross-border co-operation, and focuses
in particular on four of these: youth training, health, economic development
and electricity generation. While each sector raises ...