The impact of the Corona crisis on borderland living in the Danish-German border region with a special focus on the two national minorities

2021/06/23 by Ruairidh Tarvet, Martin Klatt · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration #European Union Policy and Governance #Local Governance and Planning

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/14608944.2021.1938522

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Abstract

In 2020, the Sars-CoV-2 (also known as the COVID-19/Coronavirus) crisis resulted in the closure of most of Europe’s borders, both external and internal. What consequences does this have for border regions as living spaces? This article uses the Danish-German border region as an example for the complex impact of the Sars-CoV-2 crisis on a European borderland. A special focus is placed on the region’s reciprocal national minorities on either side of the border. This article shows that these groups have been most impacted by the nation state measures of restricting and controlling access across the border, as this has reduced their opportunities of kin-state contact and interaction.

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• On the challenges minorities face when borders close and reinforce the nation-based logic, in this case because of the pandemic: 📖 doi.org/10.1080/1460... #minorityrights #minority #covid #borde [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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