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Grenzregionen werden als Laboratorien der europäischen Integration in der Mikroskala betrachtet. Probleme und Chancen, die auf der europäischen Ebene existieren, sind oft in lokalen Konstellationen der Grenzregionen widergespiegelt. Sie erfordern administrative und politische Kooperation, wie auch persönliche Kontakte über die Grenzen hinweg. Die Zusammenarbeit scheint auf lokaler Ebene, wenn nur zwei oder drei Statten involviert sind, viel leichter zu sein.Das Ziel des Bandes ist es, die deutsch-polnische Grenze und Grenzregionen einer genaueren Untersuchung zu unterziehen. Um die multiplen Konstellationen und Ausprägungen der grenzüberschreitenden Kontakte verstehen zu können, wird die Grenze aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln analysiert. Die Beiträge polnischer GrenzraumforscherInnen sollen der breiten Öffentlichkeit präsentiert werden und die internationale Aufmerksamkeit auf diese besondere Grenzregion lenken.Mit Beiträgen von:Elzbieta Opilowska, Jochen Roose, Katarzyna Stoklosa, Maria Zielinska, Anna Bachmann, Robert Knippschild, Anja Schmotz, Kamila Dolinska, Natalia Niedzwiedzka-Iwanczak, Beata Trzop, Dorota Szaban, Krzysztof Lisowski, Tomasz Jasków, Agnieszka KormannIn englischer Sprache.

AbstractThe process of European integration affects an increasing number of areas of life. The influence of the
European single market on the social sector, including organizations providing human services, can no longer be
denied. This article looks at the activities of the European Commission toward these organizations and argues
that European regulations are relevant to the German system of social service delivery due to the introduction
of market‐like features in the national context. Within this context, German welfare organizations have
discovered an important field of interest representation and lobbying.

In 1950, in the aftermath of the Second World War and after flight and expulsion had come to an end, there were about four million Germans still living in East, East Central and Southeast Europe. Between 1950 and 1975, a total of about 800,000Aussiedler(immigrants who are recognised by the German authorities as being of German descent) passed through the West German border transit camps, and 616,000 more arrived between 1976 and 1987. Then, with the opening of the Iron Curtain, mass immigration ofAussiedlerbegan. Against the background of glasnost and perestroika in the USSR, their numbers increased rapidly from 1987 onwards. During the next nearly two decades, three millionAussiedlerentered the Federal Republic of Germany. In all, more than four million migrants of officially recognised German descent migrated into Germany during the second half of the twentieth century.

An understanding of common values and principles plays an important role in discussions on the further development of European integration and the increase in right-wing populist and protectionist tendencies in Europe. This relates to both the scientific debate and public opinion, as well as the policy of the European Union and its member states.0This collected volume aims to address convergences and divergences, arguments and counterarguments in the German and Polish understanding of European integration, EU policies and bilateral relations through the lens of common values and principles. A predominantly younger generation of academics and analysts from Germany and Poland contributed to the collection.