Towards a Political Geography of Territorial Cooperation

This article proposes to explore territorial cooperation using a political geographical approach as part of the broader field of “geography of peace.” In line with ongoing paradigm shifts in the branch of political geography concerned with territorial reconfigurations, it examines the scope of terri...

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Main Author: Emmanuelle Boulineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2019-02-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/5407
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Summary:This article proposes to explore territorial cooperation using a political geographical approach as part of the broader field of “geography of peace.” In line with ongoing paradigm shifts in the branch of political geography concerned with territorial reconfigurations, it examines the scope of territorial cooperation via two emblematic figures: transnational regions, in the form of European macro-regions, and city networks, as exemplified by town twinning. Lastly, it opens new avenues of research on the articulation between the weak and discreet ties of territorial cooperation and the strong ties characteristic of the territorial divisions and administrative structures inherited from political modernity.
ISSN:1958-5500