附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
Introduction : The Role of the Regions in European Union Multilevel Governance / José M. Magone -- 1. The Third Level of European Integration: New and Old Insights / José M. Magone -- 2. Regional Business Development and the European Union / Norman O'Neill -- 3. Building Multilevel Governance in Britain? : The Engagement of Subnational Government in EU Programs and Policies / Graham Pearce and Steve Martin -- 4. Devolution in the European Union : The Role of Subnational Authorities in Scotland and Catalonia / Elisa Roller and Amanda Sloat -- 5. Devolution in the European Union : The Role of Subnational Authorities in Scotland and Catalonia / Alex Wright -- 6. Wales and the European Union : Refining a Relationship / J. Barry Jones -- 7. Multilevel Governance in the European Union : The Case of Northern Ireland / Susan Hodgett and Elizabeth Meehan -- 8. Government or Governance in the Rotterdam Region? / Linze Scaap -- 9. Flanders : Do It Yourself and Do It Better? : Regional Parliaments as Sites for Democratic Renewal and Gendered Representation / Karen Celis and Alison Woodward -- 10. Gent-Terneuzen : The Rise of a Euroregion? / Wouter-Jan Oosten -- 11. Conclusion : Regional Governance in the European Union / Susan Hodgett [and others].
摘要: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 inst.