52 research outputs found
Policy Entrepreneurship and Multilevel Governance: A Comparative Study of European Cross-Border Regions
This article was publsihed in the journal, Environment and Planning C [© Pion]. The definitive version is available at: http://www.envplan.com/C.htmlThis article addresses the recent proliferation of Cross-Border Regions, or Euroregions,
in Europe. It argues that EU multi-level governance patterns generate opportunities for
entrepreneurial policy organisations to attract policy tasks and resources. This is
conceptualised as policy entrepreneurship and applied to a comparative case study
analysis of three Euroregions: EUREGIO (Germany – Netherlands), Viadrina (Poland –
Germany) and Tyrol (Austria – Italy). The analysis focuses on the ability of these
initiatives to establish themselves as autonomous organisations. It finds considerable
variation across the cases in this respect. Following on from this, the paper shows how
different administrative and institutional environments in different EU member states
affect the ability of Euroregions to engage in policy entrepreneurship. It concludes that
is it premature to perceive Euroregions as new types of regional territorial entities;
rather, they are part of the policy innovation scenario enabled by EU multi-level
governance
Reconciling Competing Globalizations through Regionalisms? Environmental Security in the Framework of Expanding Security Norms and Narrowing Security Policies
Approaching borders, creating borderland spaces, and exploring the evolving borders between Canada and the United States
Whither an International Issue: The Columbia River Treaty, the Canada/US Border, and the Curious Case of Libby, MT
Migrations and Borders: Practices and Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Europe from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century
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