Resources list
Cluster financier luxembourgeois et travailleurs frontaliers dans la Grande Région : regards croisés entre économie et gestion
Building on Porter’s approach, this article bears witness to the link between cross-border commuting and the attraction of key competencies, from the perspective of the competitive advantage of Luxembourg’s financial sector.
Financial clusterCross-border workers Greater RegionBorder Futures – Zukunft Grenze – Avenir Frontière. Zukunftsfähigkeit grenzüberschreitender Zusammenarbeit
This anthology highlights the development of cross-border cooperation in the joint commission (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft = LAG) Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland and points out development trajectories.
Cross-border cooperation spatial planningSpatial development Border area Border regionBorder as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor
This book analyzes the contradictions and paradoxes of globalization, which, in promising a world without borders, has instead contributed to a proliferation of borders, which, in turn, has profound implications for migratory movements, capitalist transformations, and political life.
Border theoryBorder regimesGlobal capitalismLabor mobilityMultiplication of laborInternational division of laborDifferential inclusion/exclusionNeoliberalismCrossing Borders: Transdisciplinary Approaches in Regional Development
On the basis of a trans-disciplinary research project on regional development in Oberpinzgau, Austria, Ulli Vilsmaier describes how participation in regional planning can be promoted through trans-disciplinary research approaches and how epistemic boundaries can be broken, cooperation improved, and various areas of knowledge integrated equally into the definition of problems and the conception of solutions.
Participatory planningTransdisciplinarityspatial planning and developmentregional planningCoopérationintegrated knowledge systemsborder crossingBounded spaces in a ‘borderless world’ : border studies, power, and the anatomy of territory
Border Studies geographer Anssi Paasi discusses the meaning of borders and territoriality in society today and how we might study them using theory.
TerritoryTerritorialityBordersPowerBoundary Work and the Complexity of Natural Resources Management
In this article, Peter Mollinga describes how the complexity of managing natural resource systems can be addressed through trans- and interdisciplinary research using the concept of “boundary work”.
Boundary workBoundary conceptBoundary objectsBoundary settingsTransdisciplinarityNatural resource management systemComplexitySustainable land and water managementUzbekistanRegional Worlds : Advancing the Geography of Regions
This special issue gives insight into the current theoretical discussion and empirical research on the idea of the “region” in geography, whereby regions are conceptualized in connection with territorial and relational approaches and are considered on different scales.
Geography of the regionRegional developmentSpaceBorder regionLocalityBordersTerritoryNetworkRelationLe travail frontalier au sein de la Grande Région Saar-Lor-Lux. Pratiques, enjeux et perspectives
This joint interdisciplinary collection gathers twenty-four contributions from geographers, economists, historians, and sociologists presented at six cross-border colloquia about the forms, practices, stakes and perspectives of cross-border work.
Greater Region Cross-border work Cross-border labor market Border Space Regulation Transportation Training GovernanceSaarLorLuxL’intérim transfrontalier : les marges de l’emploi aux marges des territoires
This article engages with different practices of temporary cross-border labor, a form of labor characterized by the relationships between three different actors (the worker, the temporary-work agency, and the company who employs them) across one or more international borders.
Cross-border laborTemporary cross-border labormobilityGreater Region SaarLorLuxSpecific form of laborLes pratiques de détachements de travailleurs en Union européenne : importance formes et enjeux. Le cas de la grande région Sarre-Lor-Lux
This report presents the results of research produced for Force Ouvrière by the Objectives agency at IRES. The purpose is to analyze the forms of detachment practiced by workers from or to France. The field of study mainly concerns the Greater Region.
Detached workersTemporary cross-border labormobilityBorder workGreater RegionSaarLorLuxTemporary work agencies