TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-border cooperation in the EU: Euroregions amid multilevel governance and re-territorialization
AU - Noferini, Andrea
AU - Berzi, Matteo
AU - Camonita, Francesco
AU - Durà, Antoni
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Today, cross-border cooperation promoted by Euroregions all over the European Union is a consolidating reality. The article focuses on Euroregions as formal organizations in the field of cross-border cooperation. By using a data set of 61 Euroregions considered to be particularly active, the study investigates the characteristics of cross-border cooperation agreements. For each Euroregion, cross-country comparisons take into account the following essential parameters: the number of actors involved in the agreement, their administrative and political nature, as well as the official goals pursued. From a descriptive perspective, the study aims to provide some useful classifications regarding the wide variety of cross-border experiences that have developed in Europe in recent decades. From the analytical perspective, the paper challenges enthusiastic claims that interpret Euroregions as effective political instruments for re-territorialization or new modes of cross-border multilevel governance.
AB - © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Today, cross-border cooperation promoted by Euroregions all over the European Union is a consolidating reality. The article focuses on Euroregions as formal organizations in the field of cross-border cooperation. By using a data set of 61 Euroregions considered to be particularly active, the study investigates the characteristics of cross-border cooperation agreements. For each Euroregion, cross-country comparisons take into account the following essential parameters: the number of actors involved in the agreement, their administrative and political nature, as well as the official goals pursued. From a descriptive perspective, the study aims to provide some useful classifications regarding the wide variety of cross-border experiences that have developed in Europe in recent decades. From the analytical perspective, the paper challenges enthusiastic claims that interpret Euroregions as effective political instruments for re-territorialization or new modes of cross-border multilevel governance.
KW - comparative analysis
KW - cross-border cooperation
KW - Euroregion
KW - multilevel governance
KW - re-territorialization
U2 - 10.1080/09654313.2019.1623973
DO - 10.1080/09654313.2019.1623973
M3 - Article
SN - 0965-4313
JO - European Planning Studies
JF - European Planning Studies
ER -