After the success of the book realised for the DG Regio and published in 2015 for the 25 years of INTERREG, Birte Wassenberg and Bernard Reitel decided to pursue the cooperation with the Euro-Institut and the MOT (Mission Opérationelle Transfrontalière) for the realisation of a very ambitious project: the Critical Dictionary on Borders and European Integration.

• 207 articles written under the supervision of Birte Wassenberg and Bernard Reitel
• 115 authors from different countries and scientific disciplines
• 58 maps by the Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière

Very diverse, but without trying to be exhaustive, the entries can describe actors of cross border cooperation, concepts related to CBC (such as “Border” or “Multi-level Governance”…), European policies & programs, legal tools or frameworks, cross border cooperation areas etc. Beyond this open thematic landscape, the dictionary also covers a wide range of approaches, with contributions of researchers from numerous disciplines (History, Geography, Law, Political Science, Sociology, Economy etc.) but also practitioners of cross border cooperation. The two substantive parts are divided into a conceptual part, which deals more with terminologies and actors, and a geographical part, which describes spaces of cross-border cooperation. Bibliographical references enable readers to delve deeper into the respective topic.

→ The book is published by Peter Lang (Brussels) and now available for free download.

This work is an essential tool for practitioners and experts in cross-border cooperation, as well as for students in this area!