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- Title
EU‐Russia cross‐border co‐operation in the twenty‐first century: Turning marginality into competitive advantage.
- Authors
Bobylev, Nikolai; Gadal, Sebastien; Kireyeu, Viktar; Sergunin, Alexander
- Abstract
This paper aims to examine how Russian north‐western regions and municipalities use their marginal/border position as a resource to build a sustainable development strategy. Theoretically, this study is based on the marginality theory which states that border or remotely located subnational units are able to turn their marginality from disadvantage to a resource and transform themselves from depressed and provincial territories to attractive places hosting intense international flows of goods, services, capital, technologies and people. A number of venues for the EU‐Russia cross‐border co‐operation are explored: the European Neighbourhood Instrument, Northern Dimension partnerships, Euroregions and city‐twinning. The authors conclude that despite some problems with establishing a proper division of labour between above programmes and project implementation cross‐border co‐operation proved to be a valuable instrument not only for successful development of the marginal/border actors but also for establishing mutual trust and collaborative relations between Russia and neighbouring EU countries.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; COMPETITIVE advantage in business; NEIGHBORHOODS; SUSTAINABLE development; CITIES &; towns
- Publication
Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 5, p841
- ISSN
1757-7802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/rsp3.12316