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Title: Fading EUphoria at the Dutch-German Border? The Case of Avantis
Author(s): Jacobs, A.J. ; Kooij, H.J.
Publication year: 2013
Source: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 104, iss. 3, (2013), pp. 379-387
Number of Pages: 9 p.
ISSN: 0040-747X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12034
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: Shaping and Changing of Places and Spaces
Organization: Sociale geografie
Journal title:
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
Volume: vol. 104
Issue: iss. 3
Page start: p. 379
Page end: p. 387
Abstract:
The paper deals with the failure of the Avantis cross-border business estate. The inception of this hitherto largely undeveloped site took place in the early 1990s, a period which we suggest characterising with the notion of EUphoria, that is, a widely held belief in the future of a borderless Europe. EUphoria is seen as the key to bringing together otherwise separate discourses under one shared ambition of constructing a cross-border business estate. With the fading of EUphoria, however, Avantis resurfaces as a shared problem and appears to have been built on expectations and promises held within a discourse of European integration rather than among private investors. In retrospect, Avantis as a product of EUphoria remains a EUtopia, albeit with very few believers.
Languages used: English (eng)

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