CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN MUNICIPAL UNITS AS A SUBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
The article deals with levels of cross-border cooperation between territorial units; there is provided a definition for the concept "cross-border cooperation of municipal units". Examination of its essence is a paramount step for development of measures to increase the effectiveness from cross-border territorial interaction.
Keywords: cross-border cooperation, barrier properties, contact ability, border, cross-border region, municipal
unit, interstate cross-border cooperation, interregional cross-border cooperation, intermunicipal crossborder
cooperation.
Evgeniy V. Golovachev, a post-graduate student of Samara state University of Economics.