Secondary Foreign Policy in Local International Relations

<p>This book collects eight case studies on how regional and local government and non-political stakeholders can contribute to reconciliation, peace-building and cooperation across borders. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of <em>Regional & Federal Studies. </em></p> <p>1. Secondary foreign policy: Can local and regional cross-border cooperation function as a tool for peace-building and reconciliation? <em>Martin Klatt and Birte Wassenberg </em>2. Secondary foreign policy as a peace-building tool: A European model? The contribution of cross-border cooperation to reconciliation and stability in Europe <em>Birte Wassenberg </em>3. Minorities as secondary foreign policy agents in peace-building and reconciliation? The case of Denmark and Germany <em>Martin Klatt </em>4. Secondary foreign policy activities in Third sector cross-border cooperation as conflict transformation in the European Union: The cases of the Basque and Irish borderscapes <em>Cathal McCall and Xabier Itçaina </em>5. Reconciliation through Europeanization: Secondary foreign policy in the German–Polish borderlands <em>Elżbieta Opiłowska </em>6. Cross-border cooperation as a reconciliation tool: Example from the East Czech-Polish borders <em>Hynek Böhm and Emil Drápela </em>7. ‘Secondary foreign policy’ through the prism of cross-border governance in the US–Canada Pacific Northwest border region <em>Bruno Dupeyron </em>8. States, locals and cross-border cooperation in Kashmir: Is secondary foreign policy in making in South Asia?</p>