Unravelling the Baltic Sea Conundrum

Dr. Carmen Gebhard

doi:10.5771/9783845212395

Summary

Seit 1989 ist es im Ostseeraum zu einer explosionsartigen Entstehung einer Vielzahl von regionalen Initiativen und Zusammenschlüssen gekommen. Der Ostseeraum weist bis heute eine europaweit einzigartig hohe Konzentration an kooperativen regionalen Strukturen auf. Diese bilden gemeinsam ein enges Netzwerk von Vereinigungen, die unter dem Überbegriff der "Ostseezusammenarbeit’ interagieren.

Diese Studie analysiert die Hintergründe dieses regionalen Phänomens oder so genannten „Ostsee-Rätsels“ auf Basis eines Vergleichs zwischen den Regionalpolitiken zweier staatlicher Schlüsselakteure, Schweden und Finnland, wobei der europäische Integrationsprozess als übergeordneter Bezugsrahmen für die Untersuchung dient.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4084-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1239-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Politik
Volume: 164
Language: English
Pages: 279
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 12
Introduction No access Pages 13 - 14
1. Outline and Main Objective No access Pages 15 - 16
2. Relevance of the Topic – Europe in a Nutshell No access Pages 16 - 18
3. 1. Looking Back – ‘Northern’ Issues in European Political Science No access Pages 18 - 19
  2. Mapping Out the White Spots on the Research Agenda No access Pages 19 - 20
4. 1. Working Material and Information Retrieval No access Pages 20 - 21
  2. Research Strategy No access Pages 21 - 22
5. Preliminary Assumptions, Research Questions and Structure No access Pages 22 - 23
1. 1. Northern Europe, Scandinavia and the North No access Pages 24 - 26
  2. ‘Nordic’ vs. ‘Northern’ No access Pages 26 - 26
  3. The ‘Baltic States’ No access Pages 26 - 27
  4. Overview: The Geo-Political Terminology Used in this Study No access Pages 27 - 27
2. 1. BSR Specificities and Sensitivities No access Pages 27 - 30
  2. Remoteness and Marginality – The Periphery’s Romantic Temptation No access Pages 30 - 33
3. What Makes a Region a ‘Region’? Reflections on Baltic Sea ‘Regionness’ No access Pages 33 - 36
4. 1. The Regionalism Complex and the Importance of Conceptual Clarity No access Pages 36 - 37
  2. Baltic Sea Region: What Sort of ‘Regionalism’? No access Pages 37 - 39
  3. Levels of Regionalism: Macro-, Meso- and Micro-Regionalism No access Pages 39 - 41
  4. 1. Old vs. New Regionalism and the New Regionalism Approach No access
    2. Hard vs. Soft Regionalism No access
5. 1. The Early Phase of Construction No access Pages 48 - 49
  2. The Irony of Competition I No access Pages 49 - 51
  3. The Council of the Baltic Sea States No access Pages 51 - 53
  4. 1. The Vision of a ‘New Hansa’ and the ‘Spirit of Kotka’ No access
    2. The Tale of Homo Balticus No access
  5. The Argument of Challenges – United in Diversity No access Pages 58 - 61
6. 1. 1. Nordic Togetherness – The Changing Role of Nordic Cooperation No access
    2. The Baltic States and Baltic Unity – Imposition or Expedient? No access
    3. Nordic-Baltic Co-operation No access
  2. The ‘Nordic Bloc’ – Driving Core for Baltic Sea Regionalism? No access Pages 75 - 78
  3. ‘Old North’ vs. ‘New Regionalism’ – Competing for the Same Space? No access Pages 78 - 84
7. 1. Networks and Clusters No access Pages 84 - 86
  2. Patterns of Cooperation: Sorting out the Mess No access Pages 86 - 88
1. 1. 1. The Swedish and Finnish EU Accession No access
    2. The Baltic States No access
  2. The EU Committee of the Regions No access Pages 94 - 97
  3. The EU Performance in Regional Development: E.S.D.P. and INTERREG No access Pages 97 - 101
  4. The EU Neighbourhood Policy No access Pages 101 - 104
2. 1. Policy Outline No access Pages 104 - 108
  2. Policy Implementation and Progression No access Pages 108 - 109
  3. Preliminary Evaluation: What Role for the EU ND? No access Pages 109 - 111
3. Preliminary Conclusions: The EU as a Regional (F)Actor in Northern Europe No access Pages 111 - 113
4. 1. The Contended Sea – A Brief Historical Retrospect No access Pages 113 - 115
  2. What Accounts for Swedish and Finnish Self-Perception? No access Pages 115 - 117
  3. 1. What Makes a State a ‘Small State’? No access
    2. Is There a Specific Pattern for Small State Foreign Policy Conduct? No access
    3. Small States and ‘Perceived Greatness’ – ‘Too Big for Their Boots’? No access
    4. Sweden and Finland – Typical Small States? No access
    5. Small States, Great Powers and Leadership in the Nordic Family No access
  4. 1. Sweden, Finland, European Integration and the EU No access
    2. Sweden, Finland and the BSR No access
5. 1. 1. The Finnish Northern Dimension Initiative No access
    2. The Finnish Initiative from a Swedish Point of View No access
  2. And the Story Goes On: Is Sweden Trying to ‘Keep the EU ND Alive’? No access Pages 142 - 145
  3. Promoting the Finnish Perspective: Finland’s EU Presidency 2006 No access Pages 145 - 150
6. Evaluation: The EU ND Reconsidered No access Pages 150 - 153
1. Introductory Remarks on Regionalism and Integration No access Pages 154 - 155
2. 1. European Integration Theory: Addressing regional integration? No access Pages 155 - 157
  2. 1. Dichotomy I: Intergovernmentalism vs. Neo-Functionalism No access
    2. Dichotomy II: Rationalism vs. Constructivism No access
3. 1. 1. 1. Neo-Realism No access
      2. Liberal Intergovernmentalism No access
      3. Neo-Functionalism No access
      4. Multi-Level Governance No access
      5. Neoliberal/Rational Institutionalism No access
    2. 1. The Discursive Construction of Regions No access
      2. Why the Explanatory Power of Constructivism Remains Low No access
  2. Intermediate Synthesis: Crosslinking Typologies and Theories No access Pages 188 - 190
  3. Application Pattern II: The Correlation Between Meso and Macro-Level No access Pages 190 - 193
4. 1. 1. Deutschian Transactionalism No access
    2. Security Community Building in Northern Europe No access
    3. Adler and Barnett – Transactionalism Reconstructed No access
    4. Regional Security Complex Theory: Reactions from Copenhagen No access
    5. Inclusive Balticness: Extending the Nordic Non-War Community? No access
  2. 1. The BSR as a Subset No access
    2. The BSR in a Cobweb Variation: Peripheral and Marginal? No access
    3. The BSR as an Auto-Dynamic Unit Within the Wider Unit Europe No access
    4. What Kind of ‘Europe of the Regions’? No access
5. 1. Structuring Social Action – Structural Functionalism by Parsons No access Pages 211 - 216
  2. Reconciling Application Patterns: Trial Application to the Baltic Sea Case No access Pages 216 - 218
6. Conclusions on the Theoretical Incorporation of Baltic Sea Regionalism No access Pages 218 - 222
Summary – Questions and Answers No access Pages 223 - 227
Epilogue No access Pages 228 - 230
Annex: Baltic Sea Associations and Structures in Detail No access Pages 231 - 260
Bibliography No access Pages 261 - 279