A 'macro-regional' Europe in the making
Subtitle: theoretical approaches and empirical evidence
By: [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
Series: Palgrave studies in European Union politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781137509710
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy; Regionalism (International organization); Regional planning; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; Regionalism
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: INTRODUCTION; title: 1. Macro-regions, 'Macro-regionalization' and Macro-regional Strategies in the European Union (EU): Toward a New Form of European Governance?; Stefan Ganzle and Kristine Kern; title: PART II: DEVELOPMENT OF EU MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES; title: 2. From Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union; Martin Dangerfield; title: 3. Macro-regions and the EU: The Role of Cohesion Policy; Irene McMaster and Arno van der Zwet; title: PART III: THEORIZING MACRO-REGIONALIZATION AND MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE; title: 4. Exploring EU Macro-regional Strategies through the Lens of Multilevel Governance; Simona Piattoni; title: 5. Macro-regional Strategies: Agents of Europeanization and Rescaling?; Dominic Stead, Franziska Sielker and Tobias Chilla; title: PART IV: GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE AND IMPACT OF MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE; title: 6. The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region; Stefan Ganzle and Kristine Kern; title: 7. The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region; Attila Agh; title: 8. The European Union Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Region; Battistina Cugusi and Andrea Stocchiero; title: 9. The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region; Jorg Balsiger; title: 10. North Sea Macro-region? Partnerships, Networking and Macro-regional Dimensions; Mike Danson; title: 11. The Atlantic Arc: A Macro-region in the Making?; Mark Wise.