The Impact of Covid-19 on Structure and Agency in a Borderland. The Case of Two Twin Towns in Central Europe

Kajta, Justyna; Opiłowska, Elżbieta

doi:10.1080/08865655.2021.1996259

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“…On the one hand, the literature targets the effects of a border closure as a ‘non‐pharmaceutical intervention’ (Aravindakshan et al, 2020, p. 2) for the spread of the COVID‐19 virus and chains of infection across borders (Brugués Rodríguez et al, 2021; Hamidi et al, 2020; Laroze et al, 2021; Lemey et al, 2021; van Hensbergen et al, 2021; Williams et al, 2021; Wilmes et al, 2021). On the other hand, the literature focuses on the impact of border closures on the mobility and daily life of the population in border regions (Böhm, 2022; Haddawy et al, 2021; Järv et al, 2021; Kajta & Opiłowska, 2021; Leiblfinger et al, 2021; Martin & Bergmann, 2021; Medeiros et al, 2021; Novotný, 2021; O'Connor et al, 2021; Spennemann, 2021; Virkkunen, 2020). A smaller share of literature refers to the responsiveness and inclusion of decision‐makers on local, regional, and EU levels in reacting to the COVID‐19 pandemic and the attempts to contain the spread of the virus or to break the chains of infection by closing national borders (Böhm, 2022; de Vries, 2020; Francetic, 2021; Kajta & Opiłowska, 2021; Medeiros et al, 2021; O'Connor et al, 2021; Opioła & Böhm, 2022).…”

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EU labor policy recommendations drawn from COVID‐driven research attention on cross‐border commuting – A review

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2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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This paper aims to investigate which EU cross-border labor policy recommendations can be drawn from COVID-driven research attention. For this purpose, a systematic literature review with an in-depth qualitative analysis of selected articles was performed. Overall, three major categories of recommendations were revealed. Besides recommendations on contagion policy and the centrality of decision-making, recommendations on solving the social impact of the pandemic on the reputation of cross-border commuters can be deduced. The three categories are unified by the need for more regional but cross-border approaches in decisionmaking and research in general. Seeing the EU rather more as a constellation of various economic and social regions, including cross-border communities, than a total of countries divided by national borders, would benefit EU labor policy and cross-border commuters automaticallynot only in times of crises. Exploiting new spatial research methods to analyze (labor) mobility within border regions enables novel contributions to the state of research.

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EU labor policy recommendations drawn from COVID‐driven research attention on cross‐border commuting – A review

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2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…The basic precondition for crossborder governance is the possibility of interacting across open borders (Blatter, 2004). Particularly in crises, there is a risk that interests differing between national and local actors will lead to hampered or even suspended cross-border cooperation (Kajta & Opiłowska, 2021). The current example of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates that a crisis can lead to decreased cooperation and the re-emergence of mutual animosities or even closed borders (see, e.g., Böhm, 2021;Lara-Valencia & García-Pérez, 2021;Medeiros et al, 2021).…”

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“…In times of crisis, 'borderless' Europe is anything but borderless. This is a significant handicap for border regions, as they tend to rely on cross-border connections (Kajta & Opiłowska, 2021;Novotný, 2021). Opioła and Böhm (2022) studied the impact of Euroregions along Polish national borders during the COVID-19 pandemic and found diverse border-regional patterns.…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst of cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience

Hippe

Bertram

2022

Eur. XXI

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a suspension of the Schengen Agreement within the European Union: national borders were partially controlled or closed. Especially in European border regions, where the idea of European integration is most evident, this led to limitations of cross-border linkages, putting the question of border-regional resilience into the focus of border studies. Based on the case study of German border regions, we operationalize the various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the German border. Particularly interesting with regard to the concept of border-regional resilience are the results of a two-stage Delphi survey with border-regional experts. Even if the border closures as such were a political crisis, some of the long-term effects might be considered positive.

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“…Yet, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the border regions has yet to be examined either theoretically or empirically as most studies on the borderlands and COVID-19 have instead focused on health, border control, and cross-border cooperation [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]. This study aims to understand such dynamics from the theoretical lens of regional economic resilience.…”

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Borderland Economic Resilience under COVID-19: Evidence from China–Russia Border Regions

Zhang

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IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on the global economy and trade, and border regions have been hit severely because of their high dependency on foreign trade. To understand better the economic impact of COVID-19 on border regions, we developed a COVID-19 economic resilience analytical framework and empirically examined 10 Chinese-Russian border cities in Northeast China. We quantitatively analyzed five dimensions of economic resilience, distinguished four types of shock, and examined the determinants of economic resilience. The results show that: (1) the COVID-19 pandemic has wide-ranging impacts in the border areas, with import–export trade and retail sales of consumer goods being the most vulnerable and sensitive to the shock. The whole economy of the border areas is in the downward stage of the resistance period; (2) from a multi-dimensional perspective, foreign trade and consumption are the most vulnerable components of the borderland economic system, while industrial resilience and income resilience have improved against the trend, showing that they have good crisis resistance; (3) borderland economic resilience is a spatially heterogeneous phenomenon, with each border city showing different characteristics; (4) economic openness, fiscal expenditure, and asset investment are the key drivers of economic resilience, and the interaction between the influencing factors presents a nonlinear and bi-factor enhancement of them. The findings shed light on how border economies can respond to COVID-19, and how they are useful in formulating policies to respond to the crisis.

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Structure and Agency in a Borderland. The Case of Two Twin Towns in Central Europe

Cited by 28 publications

References 33 publications

EU labor policy recommendations drawn from COVID‐driven research attention on cross‐border commuting – A review

EU labor policy recommendations drawn from COVID‐driven research attention on cross‐border commuting – A review

The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst of cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience

Borderland Economic Resilience under COVID-19: Evidence from China–Russia Border Regions

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