The Editor: Josef Langer is Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria). He held functions in the International Sociological Association (ISA) and in the Austrian Sociological Association and was consultant of research units and governmental institutions, as well as visiting professor at universities in Finland, India, Italy, Japan, the Czech Republic, and the USA. His current fields of research include European transformation, knowledge society and cross-cultural management with numerous publications in German, English, Japanese, Italian, Romanian, and Russian.

• Contents: Josef Langer: Euroregions - Benevolence or Deception? – Ari Nieminen: Dynamics of European Integration - What About the Regional Level? – Max Haller: A «Europe of the Regions» - Myth and Reality – Georg Vobruba: European Union Borders Within Enlargement – Paolo Pasi: Euroregions as Micro-Models of European Integration – Doris Hattenberger: Constitutional Aspects of Transborder Co-operation – Martin Seger: Geographical Dimensions of the Alps-Adriatic Region – Hellwig Valentin: Strategies and Perspectives of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community – Eugenio Ambrosi/Elisabetta Reja/Camilla Toresini: Friuli Venezia Giulia’s Cross-Border Co-operation Experience – Daniele Del Bianco: Creating the Gorizia-Goriska Euroregion – Giulio Tarlao: Italian Experiences with Cross-Border Co-operation: A Report from Focus Group Meetings with Protagonists – Serena Fedel: Women Between Family and Work: A Comparison Between Carinthia, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia – Milan Jazbec: Security Dimensions of Cross-Border Co-operation in the Alps-Adriatic Region – Wolfgang Platzer: Euregio: Carinthian Perspectives and Strategies – Hannes Slamanig: Tourism Networking in the Alps-Adriatic Region – Katarzyna Stokłosa: Opportunities and Problems of Euroregions along the Polish-German Border – Roger Lawrence: Borders at the Edge of the Enlarged European Union - Barriers or Bridges?