Overview
Assesses the presence of European identity in European policies and programmes
Merges the fields of identity studies and public policy to offer an original, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of European regions
Provides original empirical data on four EU regions: Brandenburg, Wallonia, Nord-Pas de Calais, and the South West of England
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Regional government
- Political authority
- European integration
- European Union
- EU membership
- European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional Policy
- Political elites
- Political decision-making
- Civil servants
- European Regional Networks
- European cooperation
- Euroscepticism
- Policy outcomes
- european union politics
- democracy
- British Politics
- german politics
- french politics
About this book
This book examines what role regions play in European (dis)integration and European identity building. Filling a glaring gap in our understanding of regions, the book considers what the scope and objectives of these regions’ respective European policies and programmes are, how diverse they are and, in a time of mixed signals of European cynicism and identity, how European identity is perceived, fostered and even promoted in regions’ European policies. In doing so, the book presents empirical findings on four EU regions as case studies, including Germany’s Brandenburg; Belgium’s Wallonia; France’s Nord-Pas de Calais; and last but certainly in the current context of Brexit not least, the South West of England.
Reviews
“This book coherently brings theoretical insights together with proper empirical validation and extensions. … Overall, this book offers an occasion to reflect on European financial support to regional economies going beyond a pure economic logic. … it constitutes an important reading to obtain insights into the surprisingly under-researched social nuances of European regional policy and, in particular, its eventual ability to foster community-identity logics and, in turn, long-range support for European integration.” (Regional Studies, Vol. 53 (11), 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Julie Anna Braun is Dahrendorf Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hertie School of Governance, Germany. Julie was a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and has taught at the LSE for five years. Prior to this, Julie worked as European Policy Stagiaire at the UK’s West Midlands office in Brussels and completed a political journalism traineeship at Inter Press Service.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional Policies and European Integration
Book Subtitle: From Policy to Identity
Authors: Julie Anna Braun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67762-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67761-3Published: 22 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88483-7Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67762-0Published: 22 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, European Union Politics, British Politics, German Politics, French Politics, Democracy
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking