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This book focuses on one particular aspect of the post-communist
transformations in the East-Central European countries. In studying
the local government reforms, it evaluates achievements with the
traditional yardsticks for local government performance: democracy,
efficiency, and autonomy.
How regions and cities adapt to a Network Society and a globalized
environment, the policies they pursue and how structures of
governance are transformed in the pursuit of those policies are
major themes in this volume. These issues are addressed with
specific reference to the Nordic regions of Europe. Covering the
four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden plus
the Faroe Islands, this volume charts the changes in networking
activities and related development initiatives that have taken
place over the last ten years. This means analysing regions in
their pursuit of new policies, partnerships and styles of
representation. Through this process regions are becoming partners
and players in European integration and a movement of integrative
regionalism is taking shape which is different from inward looking
identity regionalism or self-centred competitive regionalism and
takes regions beyond lobbying in Brussels.
Title first published in 2003. Responses to globalisation in
politics and governance at national, regional and local levels of
government in France and Norway are explored in this engaging
study.
How regions and cities adapt to a Network Society and a globalized
environment, the policies they pursue and how structures of
governance are transformed in the pursuit of those policies are
major themes in this volume. These issues are addressed with
specific reference to the Nordic regions of Europe. Covering the
four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden plus
the Faroe Islands, this volume charts the changes in networking
activities and related development initiatives that have taken
place over the last ten years. This means analysing regions in
their pursuit of new policies, partnerships and styles of
representation. Through this process regions are becoming partners
and players in European integration and a movement of integrative
regionalism is taking shape which is different from inward looking
identity regionalism or self-centred competitive regionalism and
takes regions beyond lobbying in Brussels.
First published in 1999, this volume is a study of regional and
local co-operation across national borders in Denmark, Finland,
Norway, Sweden and also of regional co-operation out of the area -
across the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and in the Barents region. The
focus of the study is on processes of region-building. Co-operation
between regions across national borders is seen as a creative
process, and as something that has to be nurtured and guided. The
authors recognised the need for a work which examined issues
crossing Nordic borders and made the information more publicly
accessible, emerging within evolving discussions of regional
governance, cross-border collaborations and Nordic co-operation.
The editors have featured three forms of contributions: a series of
regional case studies, collations of data on sub-national
governments and relating these sub-national factors to debates on
Nordic co-operation and European integration. Authors with
specialist regional knowledge examine these processes in detail,
through case studies which represent the most important of this
type of Nordic area and provide a view of what may constitute
'success' in such ventures. The authors also discuss what such
processes may signify for general Nordic co-operation against the
backdrop of European integration and seek to indicate what Nordic
regions may bring to European regionalism. Such a discussion is of
particular interest since the EU acquired a new Nordic dimension
when Sweden and Finland joined. Contributors' articles focus on
areas including the Kvarken Council, the ARKO co-operation, the
internationalisation of Finnish and Norwegian local government and
the Oresund region. The collaboration was published in English in
order to better contribute to discussions on cross-border
interaction more widely, particularly in the case of Europe.
This book focuses on one particular aspect of the post-communist
transformations in the East-Central European countries. In studying
the local government reforms, it evaluates achievements with the
traditional yardsticks for local government performance: democracy,
efficiency, and autonomy.
First published in 1999, this volume is a study of regional and
local co-operation across national borders in Denmark, Finland,
Norway, Sweden and also of regional co-operation out of the area -
across the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and in the Barents region. The
focus of the study is on processes of region-building. Co-operation
between regions across national borders is seen as a creative
process, and as something that has to be nurtured and guided. The
authors recognised the need for a work which examined issues
crossing Nordic borders and made the information more publicly
accessible, emerging within evolving discussions of regional
governance, cross-border collaborations and Nordic co-operation.
The editors have featured three forms of contributions: a series of
regional case studies, collations of data on sub-national
governments and relating these sub-national factors to debates on
Nordic co-operation and European integration. Authors with
specialist regional knowledge examine these processes in detail,
through case studies which represent the most important of this
type of Nordic area and provide a view of what may constitute
'success' in such ventures. The authors also discuss what such
processes may signify for general Nordic co-operation against the
backdrop of European integration and seek to indicate what Nordic
regions may bring to European regionalism. Such a discussion is of
particular interest since the EU acquired a new Nordic dimension
when Sweden and Finland joined. Contributors' articles focus on
areas including the Kvarken Council, the ARKO co-operation, the
internationalisation of Finnish and Norwegian local government and
the Oresund region. The collaboration was published in English in
order to better contribute to discussions on cross-border
interaction more widely, particularly in the case of Europe.
Der englischsprachige Band fuhrt ein in die Lokal- und
Regionalpolitik der mittel-osteuropaischen Reformlander. Der Band
beleuchtet aktuelle Probleme der Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik in
den Landern Mittel-Osteuropas, einschliesslich Russlands. Zentral
sind Fragen der Beziehungen zwischen zentraler, regionaler und
lokaler Politik- und Verwaltungsebene, der lokalen Demokratie und
Partizipation sowie Fragen der Verwaltungsmodernisierung.
"
This excellent collection updates and adds to a growing literature
on small states. The cases and conditions which the authors examine
are well chosen and provide fresh thinking on enduring questions.'
- Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of
International Studies, Cornell University, USSmall States in the
Modern World comprehensively assesses the different modes of
adaptation by small states in response to the security and economic
vulnerabilities posed by global change. It uses a diverse
collection of case studies to explore the complexities of change
and to place them in their temporal and geographical context.
Issues covered include: - international security and economic
vulnerability - small states in international organizations,
including the European Union - Quebec and Scotland as autonomous
nations but not independent states - different modes of adaptation
including market liberalism, social concertation and the management
of natural resources. These contributions from renowned authors
show that small states need external shelter and internal buffers
in order to cope with vulnerability. Although many of the responses
are path-dependent, driven by historical legacies, there is scope
to choose. This compelling discussion of adaptations of small
states will prove invaluable to scholars in political science,
international relations and regional studies, as well as
policy-makers and in particular those working in small states and
would-be states. Contributors: A.J.K. Bailes, H. Baldersheim, J.
Batora, N. Brandal, O. Bratberg, L. Cianetti, M. Harvey, M.
Keating, J. McNeill, D. Panke, S. Paquin, A. Sikk, A. Steen, B.
Thorhallsson
Title first published in 2003. Responses to globalisation in
politics and governance at national, regional and local levels of
government in France and Norway are explored in this engaging
study.
This book considers local autonomy, measured as a multidimensional
concept, from a cross-country comparative perspective, and examines
how variations can be explained and what their consequences are. It
fills a gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive study of
the different components of local autonomy across a large number of
countries, over time. It offers a theoretically saturated concept
to measure local autonomy and applies it to 39 countries, including
all 28 EU member states together with Albania, Georgia, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland
Turkey and Ukraine, over a period of 25 years (1990-2014).
This book considers local autonomy, measured as a multidimensional
concept, from a cross-country comparative perspective, and examines
how variations can be explained and what their consequences are. It
fills a gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive study of
the different components of local autonomy across a large number of
countries, over time. It offers a theoretically saturated concept
to measure local autonomy and applies it to 39 countries, including
all 28 EU member states together with Albania, Georgia, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland
Turkey and Ukraine, over a period of 25 years (1990-2014).
What is special about small states? How do they adapt their
policies and patterns of governance to meet turbulent times such as
a new security environment and the international financial crisis?
Answers to these and further questions are provided by experts.
What are the constraints on and opportunities of governance of
small states in an interdependent and increasingly turbulent global
setting? How do small states deal with radical changes in the
international environment? What is the role of political
institutions in facilitating and constraining policy responses to a
rapidly changing international environment? How can political
leadership contribute to stability in times of change? This book
seeks to answer these questions by taking a comparative perspective
on the processes of change and adaptation in the governance of
Norway and Slovakia. These two small European states with highly
open economies have been exposed to the same set of global
turbulences related to post Cold War changes in the security
environment and the global financial crisis; they are also facing
internal challenges that spring from rapidly rising expectations
while demographic shifts put pressure on their welfare systems.
Their governance structures and processes are informed by their
different political-administrative cultures, different history and
levels of stability of democratic governance structures and,
indeed, by their different modes of attachment to the European
Union and other regional integration frameworks. These differences
and a comparative approach in exploring the questions raised above
can shed light not only on the specific forms of adaptation of
governance structures in two small European states, but also
generate insights into the role of integration structures in
facilitating and constraining change.
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