| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
ScullyRoger., |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
Wyn JonesRichard., |
| Place of Publication: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (x, 277 p.)ill., map. : |
| Series: |
Palgrave studies in European Union politics |
| Subject: |
Regionalism - European Union countries. - |
| Subject: |
European Union countries. - |
| Subject: |
Politics and government. - |
| Subject: |
Regionalism. - |
| Subject: |
LAW - International. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230293151An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
The tide of 'Europe of the Regions' rhetoric that dominated much political discussion and thinking in the 1980s and 1990s has gradually ebbed. Governance in Europe today may be characterized as 'multi-level', but the nation state remains the dominant level for many purposes. Are Europe's regions, and European regionalism, therefore of little b6 s and diminishing b6 s consequence? This book addresses this question by examining the experiences of regions and regionalism across western, central and eastern Europe. A team of leading country specialists presents analyses of both the larger states of Europe and many of their smaller counterparts, updated to include the impact of the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007. The conclusions of this book are that there is a growing diversity of European regions, and a wide variety of regionalizing imperatives. Regionalism may not have overthrown the nation state, but Europe's regions, and European regionalism, have a persisting importance to the politics of the continent. |
| ISBN: |
9780230293151electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230293158electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
hbk. |
| ISBN: |
hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: Europe, regions and European regionalism / Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully The Belgian regions and the European Union: Unintended partners in unravelling the Belgian state? / Wilfried Swenden The French regions and the European Union: Policy change and institutional stability / Romain Pasquier 'Fit for Europe'? The German L��ander, German federalism and the EU / Carolyn Moore 'Loyal cooperation': Italian regions and the creation and implementation of European law / Giandomenico Falcon and Daria de Pretis Divide to multiply: Irish regionalism and the European Union / Katy Hayward Scotland's European strategy / Noreen Burrows European integration and the Spanish territorial state / Francesc Morata The Swedish regions and the European Union / Anders Lidstr�om Estonian regions and the European Union: between transformation and Europeanisation / Tarvo Kungla Regionalism in a unitary state: The case of Hungary / Gyula Horvath The regions of Poland / Grzegorz Gorzelak with Anna Tucholska Accommodating European Union membership: The regional level in Bulgaria / Martin Brusis Conclusion: Europe's persisting regions / Roger Scully and Richard Wyn Jones. |