Life on the borders of Greater Geneva
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The book "Sociétés frontalières", published by EPFL Press, is the result of a wide-ranging sociological study into the lives of people living near three European borders: Lille and its Belgian neighbors, the French-Spanish Basque country, and above all Greater Geneva. According to Alexis Gumy, one of the book's authors and a post-doctoral fellow at EPFL's Urban Sociology Laboratory, "the construction of transport infrastructures or one-off cultural initiatives, while supported by a majority of the population, do not give rise to a strong sense of cross-border belonging."
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