Granica między Polską i Ukrainą: polityczna, gospodarcza i psychologiczna bariera lub most do współpracy?

The thesis is a multi-disciplinary research, looking at the problem of Polish-Ukrainan border from different perspectives: economic, political, social. The study, while containing some historical background of Polish-Ukrainian border existence, focuses mainly on the period between 1991 and 2011, the period when current border became a borderline between the two independent countries: Poland and Ukraine and, later on, after Polish admission to the EU became EU external border. It researches the impact of the Polish-Ukrainian border functioning on the political, economic and social spheres and investigates whether the border is a chance for cooperation and development or the barrier, which hinders political, economic and social development of the two countries.The thesis is a multi-disciplinary research, looking at the problem of Polish-Ukrainian border from different perspectives: economic, political, social. The study, while containing some historical background of Polish-Ukrainian border existence, focuses mainly on the period between 1991 and 2011, the period when current border became a borderline between the two independent countries: Poland and Ukraine and, later on, after Polish admission to the EU became EU external border. It researches the impact of the Polish-Ukrainian border functioning on the political, economic and social spheres and investigates whether the border is a chance for cooperation and development or the barrier, which hinders political, economic and social development of the two countries