Europeanization and Territorial Politics in Small European Unitary States
The book addresses the impact of the European Union (EU) on subnational mobilization in small unitary states.
Located at the intersection of contributions from the literatures on multilevel governance and Europeanization, this book offers a new theoretical framework to account for state rescaling processes in small unitary states. By means of a comparative analysis of eight small unitary states in Europe, it shows that the impact of the EU on subnational mobilization is filtered through domestic mediating factors which can lead to three possible outcomes: decentralization, recentralization or no change. The volume offers a balanced combination of analytical clarity and the richness of empirical accounts in a wide diversity of case studies. It sheds a new light on the hybrid nature of the European polity and demonstrates that member state governments have remained the most important pieces of the European puzzle. Overall, it arrives at two conclusions: first, that we are witnessing a transformation of the state rather than its demise; second, the notion of a Europe of the Regions in small unitary states was little more than a damp squib.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Regional & Federal Studies.
Sandrina Antunes is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Universidade do Minho, Portugal. She is a member of the Research Center in Political Science (CICP). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She works on nationalism and regionalism in the European Union.
John Loughlin is a Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK, Emeritus Fellow of St Edmunds College, Cambridge, UK, and Emeritus Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. His research has been on regionalism, federalism and local government. He has published many books, articles in refereed journals and chapters in books on these topics.
Europeanization and Territorial Politics in Small European Unitary States
A Comparative Analysis
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Sandrina Antunes and John Loughlin
First published 2021
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Contents
Sandrina Antunes and John Loughlin
Anders Lidstrm
Stefan Sjblom
Mark Callanan
Martijn Groenleer and Frank Hendriks
Sandrina Antunes and Jos Magone
Nikolaos Komninos Hlepas
Jakub Lysek and Dan Ryav
Georg Sootla and Kersten Kattai
John Loughlin and Sandrina Antunes
The chapters in this book were originally published in Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020).When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
The European Union, subnational mobilization and state rescaling in small unitary states: a comparative analysis
Sandrina Antunes and John Loughlin
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 121136
Subnational Sweden, the national State and the EU
Anders Lidstrm
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 137154
Finnish regional governance structures in flux: reform processes between European and domestic influences
Stefan Sjblom
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 155174
Europe and the rescaling of domestic territorial governance in Ireland
Mark Callanan
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 175193
Subnational mobilization and the reconfiguration of central-local relations in the shadow of Europe: the case of the Dutch decentralized unitary state
Martijn Groenleer and Frank Hendriks
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 195217
With or Without you: mobilization strategies of Portuguese regional authorities in the European Union
Sandrina Antunes and Jos Magone
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 219241
Checking the mechanics of Europeanization in a centralist state: the case of Greece
Nikolaos Komninos Hlepas
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 243261
Empowering through regional funds? The impact of Europe on subnational governance in the Czech Republic
Jakub Lysek and Dan Ryav
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 263282
Institutionalization of subnational governance in Estonia: European impacts and domestic adaptations
Georg Sootla and Kersten Kattai
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 283301
State rescaling and a Europe of the Regions in small unitary states: a damp squib?
John Loughlin and Sandrina Antunes
Regional & Federal Studies, volume 30, issue 2 (March 2020) pp. 303321
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Sandrina Antunes Departament of Political Science, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.
Mark Callanan Whitaker School of Government and Management, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, Ireland.
Martijn Groenleer Tilburg Institute of Governance, Tilburg Center for Regional Law and Governance, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
Frank Hendriks Tilburg Institute of Governance, Tilburg Center for Regional Law and Governance, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.