Az államhatárok átjárhatóságáról – politikai földrajzi vázlat

Abstract

‘Permeability’ is one of the most important characteristics of state boundaries. In order to conceptualize the problem, the article tries to distinguish three subtypes of state boundaries. The first one is the barrier that can be indentified with the so-called permanently closed boundaries (e.g. the Iron Curtain). In the case of semipermeable boundaries, the filter and the contact functions of the boundary are balanced. Finally, the dominance of contact functions can lead to completely open boundaries. The main conclusion of our investigation is that the geometrically defined border lines of the modern state has recently become not only more and more open, but changed into a special postmodern frontier, joining different contact zones on the opposite sides of state boundaries.