Active Borders in Europe

Karel B. Müller is a Professor of Political Science at the School of Political Studie CEVRO Institute in Prague (Czechia). His research focuses on topics of Europeanization, civil society, democracy and the public sphere. He is actively engaged in a number of NGOs, public policy groups and in municipal politics. He is an author of several books on above mentioned topics. He also regularly publishes in vocational journals. Luděk Fráně is a PhD student of Regional and Political Geography at the Faculty of Science, Charles University (Czechia), and project manager in the Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia. His research focuses on topics of European Neighbourhood Policy, cross-border cooperation within and outside the EU and spatial integration of border areas.  Kamil Fleissner works at the Czech Supreme Audit Office. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Economics in Prague and as a researcher at the University of Granada. His Research focuses on topics of collective memory, nationalism and immigration, especially in the Spanish context. Daniel Kný works at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, in Section for European Affairs. He pursued his PhD in Political Science at the University of Economics in Prague. In his research he has dealt with the phenomenon of European identity, and the role identities play in decision-making processes.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Euroregions, active borders and Europeanisation.- Chapter 2. Active Borders and the Europeanisation of the Public Sphere. How the Same Can Be Different and vice versa.- Chapter 3. Borders and Identity. The Place Where Europe Lives!.- Chapter 4. Borders and Language. Minor Misunderstandings, Big Troubles and the Fruits of Multilingualism.- Chapter 5. Borders and Memory. From Historical Roots to Dialogical-Like Routes.- Chapter 6. Conclusion or I ja za toba Polak.