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Editor-in-chief: Gyula Ocskay
Editors: Zsolt Bottlik, Áron Nagy
Publisher: CESCI European Institute
Territory: Europe
Year of publication: 2014
Type: Publication
Language: English, Hungarian
Number of pages: 200 (EN), 172 (HU)
ISSN 2064-6704

Our most significant scientific publication is our yearbook called Cross-Border Review, which has been published in English since 2014.

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Cross-Border Review 2014

The title ‘Cross-Border Review 2014’ is the first edition of the yearbook published by CESCI European Institute of Cross-border Studies in 2014. The Review offers a comprehensive approach towards borders, cross-border cooperation and their aspects in the contemporary political constellation of Europe.

The Review contains four theoretical studies which represent a theoretical frame of the Review. To be specific, frontier incident or metamorphoses of normality; role of borders in the transformation of space in the light of the European Union’s Regional Policy; geographic differences of the long-term demographic processes in the settlements of the North Hungarian border region; and accessibility study in the former Banat of Temesvar between 1910 and 2014. Moreover, the Review offers one practical research study about border proximity as a factor in strategic urban planning on the Slovak-Hungarian border area. Furthermore, the reader may find two workshop reports, four proceeding reports, seven book reviews and four outreach reports of the new Institute. Cross-Border Review 2014 is primarily recommended for the academic community, for students of geography and political sciences, and for those readers who are interested in questions of politics, regional policy, borders, fences, boundary formation, border permeability and cross-border cooperation and interaction.

The editor-in-chief was Gyula Ocskay (Secretary General, CESCI) and the editors were Áron Nagy (researcher and geographer, European Institute of Cross-border Studies) and Zsolt Bottlik (Director, European Institute of Cross-border Studies). Cross-Border Review 2014 is published in English and Hungarian.

To the readers

Lectori salutem (Gy. Ocskay)
Message from the editor (Zs. Bottlik)

Theory

Ocskay, Gyula: Frontier Incident or Metamorphoses of Normality
Pete, Márton: Investigating the Role of Borders in the Transformation of Space in the Light of the European Union’s Regional Policy
Jeney, László: Geographic Differences of the Long-term Demographic Processes in the Settlements of the North Hungarian Borderregion
Szalkai, Gábor; Bottlik, Zsolt: The Aftermath of Border Changes – Accessibility Study in the Former Banat of Temesvar (1910 – 2014)

Practice

Földi, Zsuzsa: Border Proximity as a Factor in Strategic Urban Planning – on the Example of Sub-region Centres Within the Slovak-Hungarian Border Area

Workshop

Nagy, Áron: Some Characteristics of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Czirfusz, Márton: The Borders of National Economy – Critical Theory and Notions on Economic Policy

Proceedings

The Present and Future of Regional Centres and Cities with County Rights – Conference organised at the University „István Széchenyi”, Győr, on 25th September, 2013 (L. Jeney)
European Territorial Cooperation in Terms of the Central European Year – Pálfi Memorial Day 2013, Magyarság háza, Budapest, on 15th October 2013 (M. Pete)
In the Light of the Experience of Serbia’s Accession to the European Union; Headquarters of the Association of Professional Organizations Subotica, on 17th October 2013 (Á. Nagy)
Capacity Building and Cross-Border Cooperation – Report on the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Euro-Institute. Maison de la Région, Strasbourg, on 21th October 2013 (M. Pete)

Book Reviews

Wilson, Thomas – Donnan, Hastings (szerk., 2012): A Companion to Border Studies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 636 p. (M. Pete)
Sohn, Christophe (szerk., 2012): Luxembourg: An Emerging Cross-border Metropolitan Region. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang Pub Inc., 313 p. (R. Hesz)
Declercq, Elien – Kusters, Walter – Vanden Borre, Saartje (szerk., 2012): Migration, Intercultural Identities and Border Regions (19th and 20th Centuries)/Migration, identités interculturelles et espaces frontaliers (XIXe et XXe siècles). Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 294 p. (M. Kőszegi, G. Tagai)
Sonntag, Monika (2013): Grenzen überwinden durch Kultur? Identi- tätskonstruktionen von Kulturakteuren in europäischen Grenzräumen. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang GmbH., 277 p. (Zs. Bottlik)
Wille, Christian 2012. Grenzgänger und Räume der Grenze: Raumkonstruktionen in der Großregion SaarLorLux. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 393 p. (T. Egedy)
Diener, Alexander C., Hagen, Joshua (2012): Borders: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 144 p. (M. Pete)
Hardi Tamás (2012): Duna-stratégia és területi fejlődés A folyó lehetséges szerepe a régió területi fejlődésében. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 293 p. (Á. Nagy)

Outreach

The Institute Board’s Visit to Bolzano – Introduction to EURAC (Zs. Bottlik)
Far Eastern Relations: Japanese Guests at the Institute. (M. Pete)
Conditions of Community Planning – „Genius Loci” or Maintaining Contacts with Those Who Left (D. Makkos – J. Schwertner)
Successful European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation – The Ister-Granum EGTC (P. Nagy)

Authors

Bottlik, Zsolt dr. habil; geographer; lecturer, head of research; Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), European Institute of Cross-border Studies (Eszter- gom) – agr ia@gmx.net

Czirfusz, Márton PhD; geographer; research fellow, postdoctor; Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest), University of Miskolc (Miskolc) – czirfusz@rkk.hu

Egedy, Tamás dr. habil; geographer; senior research fellow; Geographical Institu- te, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) – ege6727@mail.iif.hu

Földi, Zsuzsa PhD; geographer; research fellow; Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) – foldizsu@hotmail.com

Hesz, Roland; geographer; junior regional analyst; Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (Budapest) – r oland.hesz@cesci-net.eu

Jeney, László PhD; geographer; lecturer; Corvinus University (Budapest), Euro- pean Institute of Cross-border Studies (Esztergom) – jeney@ceasar.elte.hu

Kőszegi, Margit PhD; geographer; – koszegimargo@gmail.com

Makkos, Dalma; geographer; post graduate student, executive manager; Eöt- vös Loránd University (Budapest), Makkos Tender Ltd. (Budapest) – makkos. dalma@makkostender.hu

Nagy, Áron; geographer; research assistant; European Institute of Cross-border Studies (Esztergom) – naron79@gmail.com

Nagy, Péter; geographer; executive director; Ister-Granum EGTC (Esztergom) – nagypeter@nagypeter.sk

Ocskay, Gyula; philosopher; secretary general; Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (Budapest) – gyula.ocska y@cesci-net.eu

Pete, Márton; geographer; research assistant; European Institute of Cross-border Studies (Esztergom) – petemarton@gmail.com

Schwertner, János; geographer; lecturer, president; Eötvös Loránd Univer- sity (Budapest), Kistérségek Fejlesztéséért Tudományos Egyesület (Szol- nok) – schw.j@t-online.hu

Szalkai ,Gábor PhD; geographer; lecturer; Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) – hajnalihegy@gmail.com

Tagai, Gergely PhD; geographer; research fellow; Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) – tagai@rkk.hu