Borders for a New Europe: Between history and new challenges

Williams, Ed; Velde, Martin van der

doi:10.1080/08865655.2005.9695640

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“…Both the repelling and pulling of borders signal the earlier mentioned "Janus-faced" character (Van Houtum, Kramsch, and Zierhofer 2005). Two of such dualities will be discussed here in more detail, based on the work of Williams and Van der Velde (2005), for they will prove to be very useful when trying to grapple with border effects on shopping practices.…”

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“…We will investigate how borders settle and operate in the minds of shoppers and what makes them willing to explore "the other side" or prefer to stay "at home". This will be done through combining theoretical discussions on the "Janus-faced" character of borders (Van Houtum, Kramsch, and Zierhofer 2005;Williams and Van der Velde 2005) with debates on the mobile lifestyle of shoppers (Spierings 2006;Edensor 2007). The empirical part of the paper consists of a brief analysis of international shopping practices and experiences in the EU as well as a more detailed analysis of cross-border shopping in Millingen (NL) and Kranenburg (D).…”

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Consumer mobility and the communication of difference: Reflecting on cross‐border shopping practices and experiences in the Dutch‐German borderland

Velde¹,

Spierings²

2010

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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The current debate on consumption and retailing represents shoppers as highly mobile and looking for different experiences. In an attempt to find satisfaction, shoppers are assumed to explore many places and countries. It is in cross-border regions that large functional, physical, and socio-cultural differences can be experienced in a relatively small area. Such differences could make crossing national borders appealing as well as unappealing. This contribution scrutinizes what cross-border shoppers are looking for and what level of "unfamiliarity" they are willing to accept. A brief analysis of cross-border shopping practices in the EU is combined with a detailed case study of Millingen in the Netherlands and Kranenburg in Germany to explore what shoppers see as (un)appealing. We argue that the knowledge shoppers have of people and places on "the other side" and information that is communicated may (re)arrange differences as " familiar" and "unfamiliar". Places promising " familiar unfamiliarity" seem to appeal to shoppers and therefore generate cross-border shopping practices. Paradoxically, the construction of borders and the communication of appealing differences seem necessary to sustain and promote shopping mobility.

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Consumer mobility and the communication of difference: Reflecting on cross‐border shopping practices and experiences in the Dutch‐German borderland

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Spierings²

2010

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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“…Borders can be considered as either the instrument to reach certain goals, or the final outcome itself (Williams and Van der Velde 2005). From an EU perspective, for example, the outer border serves as an instrument in migration policy, especially as some kind of filter.…”

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People, borders, trajectories: an approach to cross-border mobility and immobility in and to the European Union

Velde

Naerssen

2010

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In this paper we present the outlines of a geographical approach to cross-border mobility, which in this article we use synonymously with international migration. The approach consists of three constitutive parts that we discern in international migration: people, borders and trajectories. People decide to cross borders or not. In doing so, they can be internationally mobile or immobile, depending on the destination they take into consideration during the decisionmaking process. People follow specific routes to move from one place or region to another, thereby crossing (national) state borders. The approach focuses on whether or not borders act as barriers for opportunities to move. It also pays special attention to the flexibility of the routes and places of destination and settlement. These are not fixed but flexible and migrants' decisionmaking contains aspects of instability, insecurity and volatility affecting their mobility.

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The Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities

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Pires

2018

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Borders for a New Europe: Between history and new challenges

Cited by 7 publications

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Consumer mobility and the communication of difference: Reflecting on cross‐border shopping practices and experiences in the Dutch‐German borderland

Consumer mobility and the communication of difference: Reflecting on cross‐border shopping practices and experiences in the Dutch‐German borderland

People, borders, trajectories: an approach to cross-border mobility and immobility in and to the European Union

The Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities

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