Regionalism Contested: Institution, Society and Governance

by Sagan,Iwona

• ISBN13: 9780754643616
• ISBN10: 0754643611
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As we move further into the 21st century, the prominence of regions can no longer be taken for granted. A certain skepticism has developed with regard to the feasibility of marginal regions achieving self-sustained growth and states have maintained their role as regulators of economic and social activities. Thus, the notion of the region and its significance is currently much debated and contested. Illustrated with a wide range of European case studies, this volume brings together the main strands of these contestations, as economic, political and social actors attempt to institutionalise their vision of their region as the dominant form of territorial governance. It questions both the external delimitation and the internal constitution of regions and critically analyses the societal processes circumscribing ways in which regions are created, maintained and undermined.The volume provides a wide range of analytical perspectives to enable an understanding of the current mosaic of regionalism in Europe.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
List of Contributors	ix
1 Introduction: Regional Contestations	1	(8)
Henrik Halkier and Iwona Sagan
Part I: ACTORS, NETWORKS AND THE PRODUCTION OF REGIONS
2 Regional Policy Contested: Political Discourse, Institutions and the Transformation of the Scottish Development Agency	9	(26)
Henrik Halkier
3 Multi Level Governance and Civil Society: The Third Sector in the Design and Delivery of EU Regional Policy	35	(18)
Harvey W. Armstrong and Peter Wells
4 Shared Leadership and Dynamic Capabilities in Regional Development	53	(20)
Markku Sotarauta
5 Regional Business Associations, Representation and Regional Governance: The Engineering Employers' Federation Northern Association in North East England	73	(20)
Liz Dixon
Part II: REGIONAL GOVERNANCE: TERRITORY AND INSTITUTIONS
6 Regional Spaces, Spaces of Regionalism: Territory, Insurgent Politics, and the English Question	93	(30)
Martin Jones and Gordon MacLeod
7 Towards a New Regionalism in Norway?	123	(18)
Oddbjørn Bukve
8 Europeanisation Towards New Forms of Regional Governance in Greece	141	(22)
Panayiotis Getimis and Leeda Demetropoulou
9 Spatialities of Regional Transformation in Central Europe and the Administrative Spaces of the EU	163	(14)
Iwona Sagan and Roger Lee
10 Regional Governance in Industrial Regions in Central and Eastern Europe: A Polish-Czech Comparison	177	(26)
Martin Ferry and Irene McMaster
Part III: CONTESTING CITY REGIONS
11 Global Competition and City Regional Governance in Europe	203	(20)
Tassilo Herrschel and Peter Newman
12 Uneven Development, Sustainability, and City-Regionalism Contested: English City-Regions in the European Context	223	(24)
Andrew E.G. Jonas, David C. Gibbs and Aidan While
13 Metropolitan Governance and Regionalism: The Case of Lisbon	247	(18)
Carlos Nunes Silva and Stephen Syrett
14 Regional Contestations: Conclusions	265	(8)
Iwona Sagan and Henrik Halkier
Index	273