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Cross-border co-operation between local and regional authorities is increasingly attracting attention from both governmental practice and (social) science. The reasons are twofold. First, there is a growing need for information about how to organise co-operation. Secondly, some insight into the functional foundation of co-operation is necessary: What is the reason for co-operation and what is the content? This paper will focus on both aspects of cross-border co-operation. A distinction will be made between internal regions in the European Union (EU) and regions external to the EU.
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van der Veen, A., Boot, DJ. (1995). Cross-border Co-operation and European Regional Policy. In: Eskelinen, H., Snickars, F. (eds) Competitive European Peripheries. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79955-6_5
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