The subject of my dissertation is the information process in reference to euroregionalism and the origin of euroregions in the area of EU and especially Czech republic. I will focus on the fundamental causes of the european cross-border cooperation and the historical roots of first euroregion's origin -- the theoretical and practical resources of the euroregion's inception and operation. I will examine the legislative and institutional assurance of euroregions -- documents (for instance the implication of the Madrid agreement) and principles that result from the european and national legislation, on which the foundation of the euroregions functions. The euroregion legislation specifications in the countries of central and eastern Europe and especially Czech republic will also be mentioned. In the next section of my dissertation I will focus on the euroregion's definition, which occur in Czech republic -- the origin's causes and the historical roots, the financial framework (the inner sources of cross-border cooperation's financing, European funds and enterprises etc.). The objective of the practical part of the dissertation will be the evaluation of the executed cross-border cooperation benefits for the development of the peripheral area.

L’État de Genève, Régionyon, ainsi que dix intercommunalités françaises de l’Ain et de la Haute-Savoie se sont regroupés pour former le Grand Genève et aménager l’espace transfrontalier. La question de la frontière est omniprésente à Genève et a un rôle central dans son développement. Pendant très longtemps, l’agriculture et l’approvisionnement alimentaire ont constitué un lien de cohésion permanent entre Genève et son hinterland. Régie par deux politiques agricoles, l’agriculture du bassin genevois se structure et s’oriente désormais sur des marchés différents, ce malgré une zone franche qui perdure. À l’heure de la métropolisation, elle est impactée de manière différenciée par la diffusion de l’urbanisation, à la croisée des modes de planifications suisses et français. Pourtant, le Projet d'Agglomération Franco-Valdo-Genevois, porté par le Grand Genève, met l’agriculture au cœur du projet d’aménagement transfrontalier. Dans un contexte frontalier tendu entre les acteurs, la mobilisation de l’agriculture dans le Grand Genève, n’est pas admise par tous. Tantôt promus, tantôt bloqués, les projets agricoles peinent parfois à voir le jour et à être partagés par tous. En outre, les jeux d’acteurs et la prise en compte de l’agriculture par le politique ne sont pas dénués de considérations territoriales, qui dépassent largement l’économique. L’agriculture est convoquée pour tenter de dépasser les blocages transfrontaliers et donner une cohésion territoriale au projet d’aménagement du Grand Genève. / The State of Geneva, Régionyon and ten French inter-municipalities joined together to shape Greater Geneva and plan the cross-border area. The border issue is omnipresent in Geneva and has an important role in its development. For a long time, agriculture and food supply were a permanent link between cohesion Geneva and its hinterland. Governed by two agricultural policies, agriculture in the Geneva area is structured and now focusing on different markets, despite enduring a free zone. At the time of metropolization is differentially affected by the spread of urbanization, at the crossroads of modes of Swiss and French plans. Yet the Agglomeration Project Franco-Valdo-Genevois, carried by the Greater Geneva, puts agriculture at the heart of the cross-border development project. In a border tense situation between the actors, the mobilization of agriculture in the Greater Geneva is not accepted by all. Sometimes promoted, sometimes blocked, agricultural projects have some difficulties to emerge and be shared by all. In addition, the actors' performance and the inclusion of agriculture by the policy are not devoid of territorial considerations that go far beyond the economic. Agriculture is convened to try to overcome cross-border bottlenecks and give a territorial cohesion project for developing the Grand Geneva.

In the present dissertation, we study tax competitions for foreign direct investment, which includes the study of greenfield investment with the firm's ownership problem and the cross-border merger and acquisition (M\&A). It sheds light on the literature of public finance, international economics, and industrial organization. In chapter 1, we develop an open economy model with two segmented countries and one monopoly firm which registered in one of the countries. Our results show that when there is an exogenous transportation cost when exporting, the market size plays an important role in tax competition, however, when there is an endogenous tariff determined optimally by each country, the market size does not matter in the tax competition. Chapter 2 and 3 study the tax competition for a post-cross-border merger and acquisition firm, which the firm has three location options, located in either of the countries or both. We found that when the governments have two tax instruments, the lump-sum tax and tariff, the market size and price policy play an important role in tax competition. Moreover, when the governments utilize the lump-sum tax as the only instrument for tax competition, both the firm and countries will be better off when the firm keeps both plants.

The European Union (EU) governance is very complex. Also, in order to have an impact on the democratic transformation of national settings in its Eastern Neighbourhood there is a need for the EU to govern more effectively. How can we understand the relations between the EU and countries in its Eastern Neighbourhood? Has the EU regional governance been able to bring positive change by influencing domestic processes including democratic institution-building in the region? What challenges has the EU encountered in its Eastern Neighbourhood and how has it responded to them? Even at times when the EU’s performance is being questioned by policy-makers and in academic literature, the EU retains a strong focus on sectoral and regional policies, along with a consistent presence in neighbouring countries. The six research papers of this thesis examine important aspects of regional development of the EU and its governance of the Eastern Neighbourhood. These analyses determine that the EU’s understanding of the governance of its Eastern Neighbourhood has developed and varied to a substantial degree since introduction of the European Neighbourhood Policy followed by addition of the Eastern Partnership. The papers provide empirical qualitative analysis on the factors shaping EU regional performance and address institutional, political, and cultural challenges that Ukraine and Belarus face in terms of democratization and regional cooperation. In addition, these papers engage with debates on borders and bordering in order to study the neighbourhood transformations through the European Neighbourhood Policy. New priorities, such as border management and a focus on multilateral initiatives under the Eastern Partnership, signalled the continuation of a region-based approach employed by the EU and the recognition of shared values, common traditions, and histories among neighbours in the EU’s shared borderland. / Graduate

The study explored the relationships between role centrality, work-family culture, work-family balance and work-family conflict. Additionally, it examined the incorporation of work-family culture into border permeability as used in work-family border theory. A total of 103 participants from five organisations completed the questionnaires. Participants were employed in administrative, professional/skilled/specialist, supervisory or management positions. Data were analysed using Pearson’s Product Moment correlation and Simple Regression. Significant results were obtained between role centrality, home centrality and workfamily balance as well as work-family conflict. These were in support of Clark (2000) work-family border theory. However, work centrality produced insignificant relationships. Work-family culture produced significantly strong relationships and predictability on work-family balance and conflict. The study findings highlight a need for expansion of border theory to include work-family culture as an aspect of border permeability.

The primary aim of this research was to explore the experiences of formerly white conscripted combat veterans during the ‘border war’ and furthermore, to uncover discourses of whiteness and masculinity embedded in their recounted experiences. This research made use of a qualitative research design. This study drew on the experiences of white male South Africans who were exposed to some form of active combat during the ‘border war’. The sample consisted of 8 white South Africans who were born roughly between the 1960s and 1970s. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed using discourse analysis. For the purpose of this research, a hybridised version of discourse analysis was used. This contained elements of critical as well as the discursive approaches to discourse analysis. This study concluded that both whiteness and masculinity are unstable constructs with no absolute definition. This study also found that many of the participants seemed conflicted and unsure of where to position themselves in relation to the ‘border war’, apartheid and contemporary South Africa as white men. For many it would seem it is easier to simply ignore those years of their lives. In terms of the intersectionality of whiteness and masculinity this research confirms the fact that both whiteness and masculinity, as socially and culturally constructed categories, work together and interact on multiple levels to either empower or marginalize individuals. However, in some instances it was also found that these discourses also function independently of each other. Ultimately it can be said that white masculinity exists in a space that is both troubled and unsettled. This study has illustrated that white men in South Africa have gone from a position of omnipotent power during apartheid to one of contested instability in present South African society. It is evident from this research that whiteness and masculinity are both complex and diffuse constructs that still warrant a great deal of exploration. That said, the future prospects for these individuals are both challenging and possible.

I denna uppsats har aktiekursutveckling undersökts med utgångspunkt hur aktiekurserna påverkas vid kungörelse av företagsförvärv. En eventstudiemetod, med en marknadsmodell-estimering, har använts för att se hur anormal aktiekursutvecklingen har varit kring kungörelsen av förvärven. Aktiekursdatat är tagit från Stockholmsbörsen, där svenska köpande företags aktiekurser använts. Utöver den övergripande aktiekursutvecklingen undersöks om utvecklingen påverkas vid val av betalningsmetod, samt om det finns någon påverkan vid gränsöverskridande kontra inhemska förvärv. För de 100 förvärven som inkluderades i urvalet, påvisar resultaten att förvärven är mervärdeförstörande i snitt. Resultaten var även att förvärv där aktier används som betalningsmetod hade en mer positiv aktieutveckling än då kontanter användes. Gällande gränsöverskridande kontra inhemska förvärv, visade gränsöverskridande förvärv generellt en högre aktieavkastning. / This paper examines the stock development when an acquisition is announced between two listed companies. The paper will rely on the event study methodology and a market model for the estimation of the abnormal returns on the stock market as a result of the announcement of the acquisitions. Source of the data is the Stockholm Stock Exchange, the bidding companies in question are all Swedish. In addition to the overall performance of the stock market, the paper will cover if method of payment and if cross-border acquisitions influences the market reactions. For the 100 acquisitions which have been included in the population, the results show that the acquisitions are in fact value reducing. Furthermore, the results show when stock is used to finance the acquisitions, the announcement has a more positive impact on the stock development in contrast to when cash is used. Regarding cross-border versus domestic acquisitions, cross-border acquisitions have a more positive impact on stock development.

[pt] A presente pesquisa trabalha a questões da Trí­plice Fronteira. Pelo termo, entendo as múltiplas dinâmicas político-históricas associadas direta ou indiretamente à suposta atuação de agentes do terrorismo internacional ou seus financiadores na região onde confluem as fronteiras de Brasil, Argentina e Paraguai. Analiso o processo de representação desta área como potencial foco de ameaça à  segurança dos Estados Unidos: em outras palavras, estudo o processo de securitização da Trí­plice Fronteira. Após uma breve introdução sobre esta região e os parâmetros metodológicos que orientam minha pesquisa, promovo um diálogo entre a teoria da securitização da Escola de Copenhague e a literatura da Geopolítica Crítica para pensar a articulação de discursos hegemônicos sobre a Trí­plice Fronteira. Em seguida, analiso (1) a Polí­tica Externa do governo George W. Bush, (2) o relacionamento histórico entre os Estados Unidos e o fenômeno do terrorismo político e, por fim, (3) as formas de inserção da América Latina na agenda de segurança dos Estados Unidos. A aná¡lise dos discursos norte-americanos sobre a Tríplice Fronteira me permite, por fim, mapear as diferentes fases históricas do processo de representação discursiva deste espaço como um foco de ameaça e assim entender tanto os métodos quanto as formas através das quais a Tríplice Fronteira foi inserida na agenda norte-americana de Guerra ao Terror. / [en] This research deals with the issue of the Tri-border Area. By this term, I mean the political and historical dynamics directly or indirectly related to the alleged presence of international terrorism agents or theirs sponsors in the region where the borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. I focus my attention on the process of representation of this area as a potential source of threats to the security of the United States: in other words, I analyze the process of securitization of the Tri-border Area. After a brief introduction about this region and the methodological parameters that guide my research, I promote a dialogue between the Copenhagen School's Securitization Theory and the Critical Geopolitics literature as a way of thinking about the articulation of hegemonic discourses about the Triborder Area. Then I examine (1) U.S. Foreign Policy under George W. Bush, (2) the historical relationship between the United States and the phenomenon of political terrorism and, finally, (3) the ways in which Latin America has been present in security concern of the United States. Analyzing the discourses about the Tri- border Area I map the distinct historical periods related to the discursive representation of this space as a source of threat so that I can understand both the methods and that ways by which the Tri-border area has been included in the War on Terror.

Esta pesquisa analisa os recentes processos de caráter geopolítico que vêm ocorrendo na Amazônia brasileira e confere especial ao papel desempenhado pelas Forças Armadas nas áreas fronteiriças desta região. A argumentação que desenvolvemos volta seu foco para a atuação dos Pelotões Especiais de Fronteira, no contexto sócioeconômico e político de Roraima, no período que vai desde sua implantação do Território Federal, acontecida nos anos de 1940, até os dias atuais. Para que possamos traçar a contento esse panorama, investigamos mais detidamente as políticas de governo estabelecidas após os anos 60, quando as unidades militares assumiram papel central na transformação deste território, definido como estratégico para os eventos que estavam ocorrendo no País e no subcontinente sul americano. Assim, tivemos que dar ênfase a alguns fatos e eventos importantes para podermos demonstrar o papel específico que as Forças Armadas, notadamente, o Exército e a Aeronáutica, desempenharam no cotidiano de Roraima, através de suas ações, de seu ethos, e da atuação da administração direta dos oficiais da Aeronáutica, durante o regime militar. Os resultados que obtivemos nos permitiram constatar que a organização do espaço social de Roraima continua a ser pensada e concebida a milhas de distância deste espaço. Prova disso é que as Forças Armadas ainda desempenham importante papel no Estado, apesar do seu distanciamento corporativo e do antagonismo em conciliar a hierarquia militar com a gestão participativa, base do discurso hegemônico, desde os anos 90. A investigação nos permitiu concluir que as Forças Armadas ainda desfrutam de status e desempenham um papel ainda muito importante na Amazônia. Pode-se a isso acrescentar que, no momento, elas protagonizam um novo e importante papel, que se consubstancia por meio dos Pelotões Especiais de Fronteira/PEF, bem como de outros mecanismos, recentes implantados em áreas importantes à soberania do País, agora também tornadas relevantes pelos seus aspectos ambientais, étnicos e culturais. / This research analyses recent processes of political feature that are happening in the Brazilian Amazon, with emphasis to the role of the Armed Forces in border areas of this region. Our argumentation focused on the performance of the Border Special Platoons, in the socio-economic and political context of Roraima, since the foundation of the Federal Territory, in the 1940s. We concentrated, however, on policies established after the 1960s, when military unities start to play central role in the transformation of this territory, defined as strategic for events that were happening in the country and in the South American subcontinent. We retrieved some facts and events in order to demonstrate the specific role that the Armed Forces, especially, the Army and the Air Force have played in Roraima everyday life, through their activities, their ethos, and the direct administration of officials belonging to the Air Force, during the military regime. We found out that the organization of the Roraima social space continues to be conceived from miles away of this space, so much so that the Armed Forces still play important role in the Roraima State, despite its corporative distance, and the antagonism in conciliating the military hierarchy, with the participative administration, since the 1990s. We concluded that the Armed Forces, with a widened role in the Amazon, represent a new moment through Border Special Platoons/BSP and others recent mechanisms, in important areas to the sovereignty of the country, now also relevant for their environmental, ethnic and cultural aspects.

As culturas humanas possuem modos particulares e diferenciados de perceber, identificar, classificar e, principalmente, de interagir com o meio natural. A Etnobiologia, uma subárea da Etnociência, é a ciência matriz da Etnobotânica e Etnoecologia. Estas apresentam um foco de estudos que incide sobre o conhecimento de um grupo cultural a respeito da botânica e da ecologia, portanto sobre as interações humanas com o meio natural. Os conhecimentos obtidos/gerados constituem base importante na definição de estratégias que permitem a conservação biológica e cultural. Esses estudos também são relevantes para se conhecer mecanismos utilizados por populações humanas em sua interação com o ambiente. Partindo desses princípios, o presente estudo teve por objetivo registrar etnoecologicamente a relação do ser humano com a composição vegetal da unidade doméstica, considerando aspectos culturais, sociais, biológicos e ecológicos. Dessa forma, pretende-se contribuir para a conservação da diversidade das etnoespécies, na região fronteiriça Brasil-Paraguai, município de Ponta Porã, estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, durante os anos de 2016 e 2017. Para tanto, observou-se quais plantas estão à disposição e quais são reconhecidas como recursos, e como estes são utilizados. Os procedimentos para o levantamento de dados envolveram métodos filiados à Antropologia e à Botânica Clássica, ambos adequados para os estudos etnoecológicos. Foram realizadas 60 entrevistas, com os representantes de cada unidade doméstica visitada, dos 15 bairros selecionados. Estes participantes declararam ser os responsáveis pelo cuidado total ou parcial da unidade doméstica. De acordo com a concepção dos moradores, a definição de unidade doméstica está diretamente relacionada ao espaço no qual são desenvolvidas as atividades ligadas ao lazer da família, sendo citado pelos entrevistados como o local reservado para tomar tereré, passar o tempo, brincandeiras das crianças e praticar diversas atividades. Também é utilizado para o cultivo de vegetais obtidos por meio da compra e troca de mudas, sementes, evidenciando, assim, a contribuição dos quintais para que as relações de vizinhanças e de parentesco sejam estabelecidas. Neste estudo, o componente vegetal presente nas 60 unidades domésticas urbanas participantes, conhecido e utilizado pelos moradores corresponde a 219 espécies, 82 famílias botânicas, 1560 indivíduos. Os participantes conhecem e cultivam vegetais nas unidades domésticas pertencentes a cinco categorias de utilização: alimentar, medicinal, sombreamento, místico/religioso e ornamental. De todas as espécies citadas 17 foram consideradas pelos entrevistados como tóxicas. Estas plantas são assim consideradas tóxicas, pois provocam algum efeito adverso ao organismo quando em contato ou ingestão, podendo até levá-los a óbito, embora os sintomas sejam bastante variáveis de um indivíduo para outro. As unidades domésticas estudadas são organizadas de acordo com o seu tamanho e estrutura e apresentam diferentes potenciais, pois cumprem também diferentes funções específicas, de acordo com as finalidades e características de cada morador e sua família. Nas unidades domésticas foram encontradas 74 espécies nativas e, entres estas, onze são endêmicas do Brasil. Também foram encontradas nove espécies inclusas na Lista das Espécies da Flora Brasileira Ameaçadas de Extinção. Tais informações asseguram que as unidades domésticas contribuem para a conservação da biodiversidade. Em linhas gerais, podemos afirmar que estudos etnobotânicos em unidades domésticas podem contribuir para melhor compreender a importância cultural de certas espécies vegetais de uso-múltiplo e reafirmar que esses ambientes são capazes de conciliar conservação da biodiversidade, uso sustentável dos recursos naturais e qualidade de vida dos moradores. / Human cultures have particular and differentiated ways of perceiving, identifying, classifying and, above all, interacting with the natural environment. Ethnobiology, a sub-area of Ethnoscience is the basis of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology, which present studies on the knowledge of a cultural group on botany and ecology, therefore, on human interactions with the natural environment. The knowledge obtained / generated constitutes an important basis in the definition of strategies that allow the biological and cultural conservation. These studies are also relevant to know the mechanisms used by human populations in their interaction with the environment. Based on these principles, the present study aimed to ethnoecologically record the relationship of the human being with the vegetal composition of the domestic unit, considering cultural, social, biological and ecological aspects. In this way, it is intended to contribute to the conservation of ethno-species diversity in the Brazil-Paraguay border region, in the municipality of Ponta Porã, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, during 2016 and 2017. For this purpose, it was observed which plants are available and which are recognized as resources, and how these are used. Data collection procedures involved methods associated with Anthropology and Classical Botany, both suitable for ethnoecological studies. Sixty interviews were conducted with the representatives of each household in the 15 selected city areas. These participants stated that they were responsible for the whole care or for parts of the household. According to the conception of the residents the definition of domestic unit is directly related to the space in which activities related to family leisure are developed, being cited by the interviewees as the place reserved to take tereré - a typical drink - to spend time, where the children play, practice various activities. It is also used for the cultivation of vegetables obtained through the purchase and exchange of seedlings, thus evidencing the contribution of the homegardens to the relations of neighbors and relatives. In this study, the plant component of the 60 participating urban households, known and used by residents, corresponds to 219 species, 82 botanical families, 1560 individuals. Participants know and cultivate vegetables in domestic units belonging to five categories of use: food, medicinal, shading, mystical / religious and ornamental. Of all the species mentioned, 17 were considered by the interviewees to be toxic. These plants are thus considered toxic, because they cause some adverse effect to the organism when in contact or ingestion, and can even lead to death, being the symptoms quite variable from one individual to another. The studied domestic units are organized according to their size and structure and have different potentials, as they also fulfill different specific functions, according to the purposes and characteristics of each inhabitant. In the domestic units were found 74 native species and among these, eleven are endemic to Brazil. Nine species included in the List of Species of the Brazilian Flora Threatened of Extinction were also found. Such information ensures that households contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. In general, we can affirm that ethnobotanical studies in domestic units can contribute to better understand the cultural importance of certain multiple-use species of plants and reaffirm that these environments are capable of reconciling biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources and quality of life of the residents.