1 Introduction ................................................. 5
2 Sub/Trans-Carpathia: a special multicultural region .......... 8
2.1 A state-changing region ................................. 8
2.2 The present situation of the region .................... 10
2.3 Minorities in the multiethnic region ................... 13
3 The different scales crossborder relationships .............. 14
3.1 The transnational framework of cooperation ............. 14
3.2 The development of the Ukrainian NGO sector ............ 20
3.3 The NGO sector in Hungary .............................. 22
3.4 Civil/NGO activity on the transnational level .......... 26
3.5 CSOs existing in the locality .......................... 27
3.6 Differentiated attitudes towards crossborder
cooperation among interviewed CSOs ..................... 33
4 Economic cooperation and civil society ...................... 35
4.1 Inter-state relations and economic development ......... 35
4.2 Economic cooperation on the local/regional level ....... 38
5 Gender issues and social welfare in crossborder
cooperation ................................................. 43
5.1 Gender as a special welfare problem of Ukrainian
transformation ......................................... 43
5.2 The development of gender issues in Hungarian civil
society ................................................ 46
5.3 Gender-oriented civil issues in the border area ........ 48
6 Europe, the border and civil participation in the mirror
of the local press .......................................... 49
6.1 The coverage of border issues in selected
periodicals ............................................ 49
6.2 Scales of representation ............................... 51
6.3 Thematic analysis of border issues ..................... 52
7 Conclusions ................................................. 58
References ..................................................... 60
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