The Regional Dimension of the European Union: Towards a Third Level in Europe? (Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization)

Decision-making within the EU has moved to a third (regional) level of government emerging in the EU policy process alongside the first (Union) and second (member state) levels. Multi-level governance can increasingly be identified. These papers describe and analyse this third level. Political Science,General The 1990s Have Seen Intense Debates About The Role Of Regions In European Integration. Changes In Eu Structural Funding Rules, The Innovations Of The Maastricht Treaty, And The Growing Importance Of Federal And Regional Government Within Eu Member States Have All Boosted The Significance Of Regional Tiers Of Government In Eu Politics. Taken Together, Their Effect Has Been To Shift The Balance Of Decision-making Responsibility In The Eu, With A Third (regional) Level Of Government Emerging In The Eu Policy Process Alongside The First (union) And Second (member-state) Levels. As A Result, A System Of Multi-level Governance Can Increasingly Be Identified, In Which Different Levels Of Government Adopt Different Roles In Different Fields Or Phases Of The European Policy Process. This Volume Is Designed To Probe The Role Of The Third Level In This System Of Multi-governance In The Eu.--book Jacket. Introductory Perspectives : The Politics Of The Third Level / Udo Bullmann -- Actor-centred Approach To Multilevel Governance / Gary Marks -- Belgian Sub-national Entities In The European Union : Second Or Third Level Players? / Bart Kerremans And Jan Beyers -- Farewell To The Third Level? : The German Länder And The European Policy Process / Charlie Jeffery -- Austria : The Case Of A Federal Newcomer In European Union Politics / Michael Morass -- Building A Third Level In Europe : Prospects And Difficulties In Italy / Carlo Desideri And Vincenzo Santantonio -- French Case : The Exception Or The Rule? / Andy Smith -- Europeanization In A Centralizing State : Multi-level Governance In The Uk / Peter John -- Representing Regions In Europe : The Committee Of The Regions / John Loughlin -- Inter-regional Associations And The European Integration Process / Sabine Weyand -- Regional Information Offices In Brussels And Multi-level Governance In The Eu : A Uk-german Comparison ; Conclusions : Sub-national Authorities And European Domestic Policy / Charlie Jeffery. Edited By Charlie Jeffery. First Appeared In A Special Issue Of Regional & Federal Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1996--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. These papers describe and analyse the third level of decision-making within the EU, in which multi-level governance can increasingly be identified.