A 'macro-regional' Europe in the making : theoretical approaches and empirical evidence / edited by Stefan Gänzle, University of Agder, Norway [and] Kristine Kern, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Germany, and University of Potsdam, Germany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gänzle, Stefan, 1970- editor.

Kern, Kristine, editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--European Union countries.

Regionalism.

European Union countries.

Regional planning--European Union countries.

Regional planning.

Regionalism (International organization).

Physical Description:

xxv, 280 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"European Union (EU) macro-regional strategies, such as the ones composed for the Adriatic Ionian, Alpine, Baltic Sea and Danube regions, aim to improve transnational cooperation and coordination in a 'territorially defined' setting. These strategies propose an integrated framework for cooperation involving a wide range of EU member states, regional organisations, sub-national authorities, civil society organisations as well as non-EU partner countries. The contributors question whether macro-regional strategies are helpful instruments for improving actor-policy linkages at the European, member/partner countries, and sub-national levels, and whether the objective of social, economic and territorial cohesion can be fulfilled through these strategies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Macro-regions, 'Macro-regionalization' and Macro-regional Strategies in the European Union : Toward a New Form of European Governance? / Stefan Gänzle and Kristine Kern

From Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union / Martin Dangerfield

Macro-regions and the European Union : The Role of Cohesion Policy / Irene McMaster and Arno van der Zwet

Exploring European Union Macro-regional Strategies through the Lens of Multilevel Governance / Simona Piattoni

Macro-regional Strategies : Agents of Europeanization and Rescaling? / Dominic Stead, Franziska Sielker and Tobias Chilla

The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region / Stefan Gänzle and Kristine Kern

The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region / Attila Ágh

The European Union Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region / Battistina Cugusi and Andrea Stocchiero

The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region / Jörg Balsiger

A North Sea Macro-region? Partnerships, Networking and Macro-regional Dimensions / Mike Danson

The Atlantic Arc : A Macro-region in the Making? / Mark Wise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137509710

1137509716

OCLC:

909320411