Half Empty or Half Full? Over 30 Years of Regional Cross-Border Cooperation Within the EU: Experiences at the Dutch–German and Danish–German Border

Journal of Borderlands Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-87

  Klatt, Martin ^a   Herrmann, Hayo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84900580525     PISSN: 08865655     EISSN: 21591229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2011.590289     Document Type: Article

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