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Informationen zum Autor JOSÉ M. MAGONE is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Hull, in northern England. He has published three books, including Iberian Trade Unionism (2001). Klappentext European integration has profoundly changed the relationship between national and subnational governments and has led to the emergence of the Europe of the Regions. This edited volume highlights some of the problems involved in the integration of the three main levels of governance in the European Union: the regional, national, and supranational level. The contributors address recent developments in various regions and examine the way these regions have adjusted to the growing importance of the European Union's multilevel governance system. Among the issues discussed are the emergence and institutionalization of new regional political systems, such as those of Scotland, Wales, and Flanders; the channels available to the regions for influencing the EU policy process in relation to their constituencies; and horizontal projects of integration among regions, which make the whole multilevel governance system more flexible as well as more complex. Zusammenfassung European integration has profoundly changed the relationship between national and subnational governments and has led to the emergence of the Europe of the Regions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Role of the Regions in European Governance by José M. Magone The Third Level of European Integration: New and Old Insights by José M. Magone Regional Business Development and the European Union by Norman O'Neill Constitutional Change and Subnational Government Participation in EU Programmes and Policies by Graham Pearce and Steve Martin Devolution in the European Union: The Role of Sub-National Authorities in Scotland and Catalonia by Elisa Roller and Amanda Sloat The Internationalisation of Scottish Politics: Who Governs Scotland? by Alex Wright Welsh Devolution and the European Union by J. Barry Jones Successful Multilevel Governance in Northern Ireland: Region, Process, and Peace by Elizabeth Meehan and Susan Hodgett Rotterdam Region: Government and Governance? by Linze Schaap Flanders: Do It Yourself and Do It Better? Regional Parliaments as Sites for Democratic Renewal and Gendered Representation by Karen Celis and Alison Woodward Gent-Terneuzen: The Rise of a Euro-Region? by Wouter-Jan Oosten Conclusions: Regional Governance in the European Union by Susan Hodgett, et al. Selected Bibliography Index ...
