The new regionalism in Western Europe : territorial restructuring and political change /

This text traces the historical origins of regionalism, showing that theoretical politics has always been a feature of the West-European state. The book then analyzes the post-war model of territorial management in the Keynesian welfare state.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keating, Michael, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, ©1998.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Territory and Politics
  • In search of territory
  • The creation of place
  • Regions--the elusive space
  • Regions and State-building in Western Europe
  • The formation of the nation-state
  • State and nation-building
  • The state and territorial oppositions
  • The territorial state
  • Regions in the Welfare State
  • The postwar settlement
  • Regions and politics
  • The politics of regional development
  • Regions from the bottom-up
  • The move to regional government
  • Establishing regional government
  • Italy
  • France
  • The United Kingdom
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • The modernization of regions
  • The New Regionalism
  • The changing context
  • The construction of regions
  • Territorial space
  • Functional space
  • Regional culture
  • Regional identity
  • Regions, parties and voting
  • Social space
  • The politics of regionalism
  • The invention of regions
  • Regional Government
  • Models of regional government
  • Constitutional status
  • Functions
  • Finance
  • Bureaucracy
  • Political capacity
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Regions and networks of power
  • The Political Economy of Regionalism
  • Economic restructuring
  • Regional development policies. The new paradigm
  • The construction of a development model
  • Development coalitions
  • Territory
  • Institutions
  • Leadership
  • Social composition
  • Culture
  • External linkages
  • Development strategies
  • Regions in an Integrated Europe
  • Regionalism and Europe
  • Formulating an interest
  • Channels of access
  • The Commission and the regions.