edited by Stefan Gänzle, University of Agder, Norway, Kristine Kern, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Germany, and University of Potsdam, Germany
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1 online resource (xxv, 280 pages) :
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Palgrave studies in European Union politics
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- PART II: DEVELOPMENT OF EU MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES -- 2. From Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union; Martin Dangerfield -- 3. Macro-regions and the EU: The Role of Cohesion Policy; Irene McMaster and Arno van der Zwet -- PART III: THEORIZING MACRO-REGIONALIZATION AND MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE -- 4. Exploring EU Macro-regional Strategies through the Lens of Multilevel Governance; Simona Piattoni -- 5. Macro-regional Strategies: Agents of Europeanization and Rescaling?; Dominic Stead, Franziska Sielker and Tobias Chilla -- PART IV: GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE AND IMPACT OF MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE -- 6. The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region; Stefan Ganzle and Kristine Kern -- 7. The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region; Attila Agh -- 8. The European Union Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Region; Battistina Cugusi and Andrea Stocchiero -- 9. The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region; Jorg Balsiger -- 10. North Sea Macro-region? Partnerships, Networking and Macro-regional Dimensions; Mike Danson -- 11. The Atlantic Arc: A Macro-region in the Making?; Mark Wise
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"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"--