Europe, Regions and European Regionalism

Europe, Regions and European Regionalismexamines the political role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe. Offering an up-to-date analysis of regionalism with a broad empirical scope, this book explores regions and regionalism in the period after the substantial enlargements of the European Union.

ROGER SCULLY is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. His research focuses on political representation in the United Kingdom and the European Union. He is the author of Becoming Europeans? Attitudes, Behaviour and Socialization in the European Parliament (2005), and co-author of Representing Europe’s Citizens? Electoral Institutions and the Failure of Parliamentary Representation (2007).

RICHARD WYN JONES is Director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, UK, having previously been Professor of Welsh Politics and Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics at Aberystwyth University. His current research focuses on Welsh politics and comparative nationalism. He is the author of Putting Wales First: the Political Thought of Plaid Cymru (2007) and Security, Strategy and Critical Theory (2009).

Introduction: Europe, Regions and European Regionalism; R.W.Jones & R.Scully
The Belgian Regions and the European Union: Unintended partners in unravelling the Belgian state?; W.Swenden
The French Regions and the European Union: Policy Change and Institutional Stability; R.Pasquier
‘Fit for Europe’? The German Länder, German federalism and the EU; C.Moore
‘Loyal Cooperation’: Italian Regions and the Creation and Implementation of European Law; G.Falcon & D.de Pretis
Divide to Multiply: Irish Regionalism and the European Union; K.Hayward
Scotland’s European Strategy; N.Burrows
European Integration and the Spanish Territorial State; F.Morata
The Swedish Regions and the European Union; A.Lidström
Estonian Regions and the European Union: between Transformation and Europeanisation; T.Kungla
Regionalism in a Unitary State: The case of Hungary; G.Horváth
The Regions of Poland; G.Gorzelak with A.Tucholska
Accommodating European Union Membership: The Regional Level in Bulgaria; M.Brusis
Conclusion: Europe’s Persisting Regions; R.Scully & R.Wyn Jones
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