Rescaling the European state : the making of territory and the rise of the meso / Michael Keating.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keating, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--European Union countries.

Federal government.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume will provide a fresh and engaging analytical approach to the processes of rescaling in Europe within the context of democracy, efficacy in government, and social solidarity.

Contents:

Cover; Rescaling the European State: The Making of Territory and the Rise of the Meso; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1: Theory; DOES TERRITORY MATTER?; ELIMINATING TERRITORY; SPATIAL DETERMINISM; RESCALING; EUROPEAN SPACE; NORMATIVE RESCALING; HISTORICAL REVISIONISM; SOCIAL SCIENCE TURNS; CONCEPTUALIZING TERRITORY; 2: History; STATE AND TERRITORY; EARLY POLITIES; PATHS TO MODERNIZATION; THE INVENTION OF REGIONS AND NATIONS; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT; STATE LEGACIES AND STRUCTURES; THE NEW HISTORIOGRAPHY OF TERRITORY; 3: Function; FUNCTION AND TERRITORY

GLOBALIZATION AND THE END OF TERRITORY?THE NEW SPATIAL ECONOMICS; STATE AND EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; ECOLOGY; SOLIDARITY AND WELFARE SYSTEMS; HIGHER EDUCATION; CITIES AS POLICY VECTORS; EUROPEAN SPATIAL FRAMES; FROM AGRICULTURAL TO RURAL POLICY; LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; A MULTISCALAR EUROPE; 4: Politics; THE NATIONALIZATION THESIS; IMAGINING REGIONS; MASS IDENTITIES; TERRITORIAL PARTIES; TERRITORIAL ARENAS; THE POLITICS OF AUTONOMY; CENTRIFUGAL AND CENTRIPETAL POLITICS; 5: Institutions; THE MESO LEVEL; FUNCTION TO FORM; GOVERNANCE; REGULATING TERRITORY

THE RISE OF MESO GOVERNMENTMETROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONALIZING SPACE; 6: Interests; RESCALING INTERESTS; ORGANIZATION; COGNITIVE CHANGE AND ORIENTATION; RELATIONSHIPS; TERRITORIAL POLICY COMMUNITIES; 7: Policy; RESCALING AND PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONS AS GOVERNMENT; COMPETITIVE FEDERALISM; MODES OF POLICY MAKING; THE POLICY AGENDA AND POLICY FIELDS; POLICY DIVERSITY; 8: Norms; NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF RESCALING; SOLIDARITY; THE EVIDENCE; SELF-DETERMINATION AND AUTONOMY; RETHINKING PEOPLEHOOD; TERRITORIAL CLAIMS; POST-SOVEREIGNTY AND AUTONOMY; FUNCTION; THE RIGHT TO AUTONOMY

TERRITORIAL POLITICS9: Dynamics; PERMANENT RESCALING; INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES FOR REFORM; THE ISSUES; CENTRIFUGAL AND CENTRIPETAL DYNAMICS; 10: The Making of Territory; RESCALING IN HARD TIMES; THE END OF STATES?; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 15, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-969156-8

0-19-166363-8

OCLC:

868975263