Participatory Governance in the Europe of Cross-Border Regions

Dr. Peter Ulrich

doi:10.5771/9783845290492

Summary

This policy analysis examines geopolitical and sociocultural bordering practices in Europe’s cross-border regions and their impact on civil society participation and governance in state peripheries. The normative hope of democratisation and the legitimisation of European politics in European Union border regions are connected with a greater degree of cross-border citizen engagement in Euroregional institutions and politics. Using the example of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, this study analyses and compares four cross-border Euroregional case studies: Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino, Galicia–North Portugal, SaarMoselle and the planned German–Polish TransOderana EGTC.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4793-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9049-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Border Studies. Cultures, Spaces, Orders
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 689
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 24
1. Relevance and purpose of research No access
2. Theoretical framework: Participatory governance in Europe of the CBRs and the impact of the nation-state border No access
3. Research question, main assumptions and hypotheses No access
4. Research design and outline of this thesis No access
1. 1. 1. The evolution of the term governance No access
    2. Characteristics of governance No access
    3. Governance within the multilevel EU polity No access
    4. Cross-border regional governance No access
  2. 1. Participatory turn in governance studies No access
    2. Participatory governance: Definitions, conditions and five key features No access
    3. Participatory governance and democratic theory No access
    4. The participants: Actors, holders, citizens and civil society No access
    5. Arenas and style of participatory governance No access
    6. Effects of a broader participation in EU governance arrangements No access
2. 1. 1. Theoretical dimension: The Europe of the regions as a counter-model of the Europe of the states No access
    2. Empirical dimension: The Europe of the regions as an observation of regionalization by Europeanization No access
    3. Normative dimension: Europe of the regions as a conceptual redesign of the European project in times of crises No access
  2. 1. Defining the region from a geopolitical perspective No access
    2. Defining the region from a socio-constructivist perspective No access
    3. Distinguishing between regionalism and regionalization No access
  3. (Re)-scaling and social action: Ideal size for participatory governance? No access
  4. Self-determination in EU regions No access
  5. 1. What is a CBR? No access
    2. CBRs: Relevance and hubs for participatory governance? No access
3. 1. 1. Borders, boundaries and frontiers No access
    2. Thick and thin borders No access
    3. Boundary sets for the decoding of borders No access
    4. Permeability of geopolitical and sociocultural boundaries as a pre-condition for participatory governance in EU CBRs No access
    5. Border as a resource and remapping of borders for cross-border governance No access
  2. 1. Border regions as cultural and social contact zones No access
    2. Test beds and micro laboratories of European integration No access
    3. Negotiating cross-border culture and identity in CBRs No access
    4. Institutionalization of micro laboratories of CBC No access
4. 1. Restatement of the objective of this research No access
  2. Sketching the theoretical assumptions No access
  3. Hypothesizing and outlining the assumed causal relations No access
  4. Defining the applied concepts No access
  5. Specifying independent variables describing participatory governance in CBRs No access
  6. Itemizing variables with characteristic values No access
  7. Reviewing the analytical model for participatory governance in EU CBRs No access
1. 1. Participatory governance as defined in EU strategies, white papers and the Lisbon treaty No access
  2. The democracy toolbox: For(u)ms, consultations, surveys, assemblies and juries No access
  3. European Citizens´ Initiative (ECI) No access
  4. Civic engagement through democratic participation: Democratic elections in the EU institutional triangle No access
  5. European citizenship: Rights and duties No access
2. 1. 1. The MOC and bilateral treaties No access
    2. Three additional protocols to the convention No access
    3. European Charter of Local Self-Government No access
  2. 1. Legal foundations in the primary law No access
    2. Legal foundations in the secondary law No access
    3. Freedom of travelling: Schengen Agreement No access
    4. Freedom to work: EU Single Market No access
1. Purpose and nature of the EGTC No access
2. A political instrument for cross-border participation and MLG No access
3. 1. Euroregions No access
  2. Working communities No access
4. Classifying the EGTC No access
1. 1. Methods: Qualitative in-depth comparative case study approach and process tracing X-centered analysis No access
  2. Data collection and material No access
  3. Case selection No access
2. Operationalization No access
1. The EGTC and participatory governance: Insights from European level No access
2. 1. Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance No access
  2. Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process No access
  3. Organization of civil society in both countries No access
  4. Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR No access
  5. 1. Geopolitical boundaries in the Galician-Portuguese context No access
    2. Sociocultural boundaries in the Galician-Portuguese context No access
  6. Participatory governance in Galicia-Norte de Portugal No access
  7. Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the GNP-EGTC and effects on a democratization of EU politics No access
3. 1. Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance No access
  2. Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process No access
  3. Organization of civil society in both countries No access
  4. Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR No access
  5. 1. Geopolitical boundaries in Austria and Italy No access
    2. Sociocultural boundaries in Austria and Italy No access
  6. Participatory governance in Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino No access
  7. Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the EGTC Europaregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino and effects on democratization of EU politics No access
4. 1. Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance No access
  2. Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process No access
  3. Organization of civil society in both countries No access
  4. Legal foundation and the development of the EGTC in the CBR No access
  5. 1. Geopolitical boundaries between Germany and France No access
    2. Sociocultural boundaries between Germany and France No access
  6. Participatory governance in the Eurodistrict SaarMoselle No access
  7. Conclusion: Causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the EGTC Eurodistrict SaarMoselle and effects on a democratization of EU politics No access
5. 1. Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance No access
  2. Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process No access
  3. Organization of civil society in Germany and Poland after 1990 No access
  4. Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR No access
  5. 1. Geopolitical boundaries between Germany and Poland No access
    2. Sociocultural boundaries between Germany and Poland No access
  6. Participatory governance in the European model region of TransOderana EGTC No access
  7. Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the TransOderana EGTC and effects on a democratization of EU politics No access
6. The EGTC and participatory governance: Insights from other case studies No access
1. Achieving causal inference: What can be learned about general causal implications from the four case studies? No access
2. Border permeability and participatory governance in Europe of the CBRs: Causality or correlation? No access
3. Other factors that affect participatory governance in EU CBRs No access
1. Summary: Governing complexity in EU-rope No access
2. Researching conditions of participatory governance in EU CBRs No access
3. Democratization through participatory governance? No access
4. Disentangling governance: towards more governmental agency No access
5. The impact of borders: Future prospectus No access
6. Further perspectives for research No access
Epilogue: Shifting b/orders in times of the COVID-19 pandemic No access Pages 652 - 662
Bibliography No access Pages 663 - 689