Unravelling the Baltic Sea Conundrum: Regionalism and European Integration Revisited

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