James Wesley Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5042685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Wesley Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Wesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz-Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Flakenstr. 28-31, D-15537 Erknel (near Berlin), Germany. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Bordering imaginaries and the everyday construction of the Mediterranean neighbourhood: Introduction to the special issue
This special issue of European Urban and Regional Studies maps out a move from a strictly geopolitical to more socio-political and socio-cultural interpretations of the European Union’s (EU’s) ‘Mediterranean neighbourhood’. In doing this, the authors propose a dialogic understanding of neighbourhood as a set of ideas and imaginaries that reflect not only top-down geopolitical imaginaries but also everyday images, representations and imaginations.…
Constructing European Neighborhood: Critical Perspectives from EU-Ukraine Interaction and Civil Society Actors
How can EU actorness be conceptualized within the context of Neighborhood? The central purpose of this essay is to contribute a “bottom-up” and more contextually sensitive perspective to the critical assessment of European Union actorness and, in this way, also contribute to a more inclusive understanding of Neighborhood as a regional cooperation project. In doing this, the essay also deals with local Ukrainian rather than EU-centric perspectives…
Reflections on EU Geopolitics: Consolidation, Neighbourhood and Civil Society in the Reordering of European Space
Civil society observations of the EU's geopolitical impacts on its immediate neighbourhood provide a nuanced ‘ground-up’ perspective that eschews historically deterministic interpretations of the EU's role in the world. While this article is limited to Eastern Europe, it nevertheless highlights some of the challenges facing the EU's visions of ‘Neighbourhood’ as multilateral and multilayered regional co-operation. After a brief theoretical introd…
Civil Society and the ‘Neighbourhood’ — Europeanization through Cross‐Border Cooperation
This collaborative study pursues a dual objective. On the one hand, it focuses on the actual and potential roles of civil society in developing new forms of political, economic and socio‐cultural cooperation within the emerging ‘European Neighbourhood’. On the other hand, through this investigation of civil society networks it contributes to the ‘Europeanization’ debate with regard to the influence of the EU in civil society development in neighb…
Bordering and Ordering the European Neighbourhood: A Critical Perspective on Eu Territoriality and Geopolitics; Pp. 232-247
The European Union is presently constructing a new model of regional cooperation that includes not only economic objectives but also social, cultural and environmental agendas. One of the main challenges this project faces is the development of closer ties to neighbouring states without offering outright membership to the EU. As a result, however, cooperation and security-oriented agendas of the EU will automatically compete with each other for …
Reflections on EU territoriality and the ‘bordering’ of Europe
Smart Growth as Urban Reform: A Pragmatic 'Recoding' of the New Regionalism
New' regionalism privileges social communication over political 'coercion' as a means to motivate intermunicipal, interagency and multiactor co-operation in metropolitan regions. Critics claim, however, that the NR is little more than urban crisis management within increasingly unstable post-Fordist and neo-liberal environments. This analysis of emerging 'smart growth' strategies in North America offers a 'pragmatic', context-sensitive and critic…
The EU and ‘Wider Europe: Toward an Alternative Geopolitics of Regional Cooperation
In response to enlargement, the EU’s ‘Wider Europe’ initiative and emerging European Neighbourhood Policy envisage ‘positive interdependence’ with neighbouring countries of the ‘East’ and ‘South’. ‘Partnerships’ are seen as an alternative to direct EU membership and thus as a sustainable incentive for regional cooperation. In order to be effective, such regional partnerships must transcend market logics and accommodate heterogeneous economic and …
A Networked Space of Meaning? Spatial Politics as Geostrategies of European Integration
The European Union is an example of regionalisation characterised not only by economic integration, but also by a 'spatial politics' aimed at instilling a sense of European identity and citizenship. Spatial politics are discussed here in terms of governance, regional policies and the production of geographical knowledge that reinforce the notion of a diverse but interdependent European space and, hence, political community. The paper examines rec…
Baltic Sea regionalism, EU geopolitics and symbolic geographies of co-operation
This paper situates an emerging Baltic Sea regionalism within the larger geopolitical context of European integration and enlargement and focuses on the role of spatial planning and regional development policies. Increasingly, symbolic geographies and visionary planning concepts are being employed to support a notion of Baltic regional community while promoting broader “Europeanization”. Through generating positive visions of what regional co-ope…
Transboundary cooperation on Germany's Borders: Strategic regionalism through multilevel governance
Germany has played a central role in elevating transboundary cooperation to the relatively high political status it now enjoys within the European Union (EU) for geopolitical, economic, and historical reasons. In promoting transboundary cooperation, Germany has pursued an agenda of institutionalization based on the vertical and horizontal integration of different spatial levels of transboundary interaction through both state and nonstate actors t…
European and North American Contexts for Cross-border Regionalism
SCOTT J. W. (1999) European and North American contexts for cross-border regionalism, Reg. Studies 33 , 605‐617. This paper discusses cross-border regionalism within the supranational contexts of the European Union and the developing North American Free Trade Area. Focusing on planning and regional development issues, cross-border regionalism as a new form of governance is investigated, based on a comparison of supranational integration logics, c…
Inducing transboundary regionalism in asymmetric situations: The case of the German‐Polish Border
The German‐Polish border region, located along the European Union's eastern boundary, is characterized by sharp disparities in living standards and development. It also is a zone of contact between two very different political traditions and cultures that often have confronted each other in conflict. Since 1990, cooperation attempts on the German‐Polish border have been actively encouraged by EU and German government agencies and supported throug…
The institutionalization of transboundary cooperation in Europe: Recent development on the Dutch‐German Border
Paying particular attention to legal and organizational aspects, this article attempts to analyze transboundary institution-building within the context of European integration and changes in European regional policy. Based on a short case study of the Dutch-German EUREGIO, it is argued that new EC regional development programs and national government support have helped this border area association define strategies enabling it to circumvent lega…
Transborder Cooperation, Regional Initiatives, and Sovereignty Conflicts in Western Europe: The Case of the Upper Rhine Valley
Transborder cooperation in Western Europe has made considerable progress. Primarily because of the activities of local groups, such as the Regio Basiliensis, and the support of international organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the Upper Rhine Valley and other European border regions have succeeded in voicing their interests in a fairly cohesive manner. However, the continued emphasis of national governments on sovereignty and national i…
European and North American Contexts for Cross-border Regionalism
SCOTT J. W. (1999) European and North American contexts for cross-border regionalism, Reg. Studies 33 , 605‐617. This paper discusses cross-border regionalism within the supranational contexts of the European Union and the developing North American Free Trade Area. Focusing on planning and regional development issues, cross-border regionalism as a new form of governance is investigated, based on a comparison of supranational integration logics, c…
Reflections on EU territoriality and the ‘bordering’ of Europe
The EU and ‘Wider Europe: Toward an Alternative Geopolitics of Regional Cooperation
In response to enlargement, the EU’s ‘Wider Europe’ initiative and emerging European Neighbourhood Policy envisage ‘positive interdependence’ with neighbouring countries of the ‘East’ and ‘South’. ‘Partnerships’ are seen as an alternative to direct EU membership and thus as a sustainable incentive for regional cooperation. In order to be effective, such regional partnerships must transcend market logics and accommodate heterogeneous economic and …
A Networked Space of Meaning? Spatial Politics as Geostrategies of European Integration
The European Union is an example of regionalisation characterised not only by economic integration, but also by a 'spatial politics' aimed at instilling a sense of European identity and citizenship. Spatial politics are discussed here in terms of governance, regional policies and the production of geographical knowledge that reinforce the notion of a diverse but interdependent European space and, hence, political community. The paper examines rec…
Civil Society and the ‘Neighbourhood’ — Europeanization through Cross‐Border Cooperation
This collaborative study pursues a dual objective. On the one hand, it focuses on the actual and potential roles of civil society in developing new forms of political, economic and socio‐cultural cooperation within the emerging ‘European Neighbourhood’. On the other hand, through this investigation of civil society networks it contributes to the ‘Europeanization’ debate with regard to the influence of the EU in civil society development in neighb…
Transborder Cooperation, Regional Initiatives, and Sovereignty Conflicts in Western Europe: The Case of the Upper Rhine Valley
Transborder cooperation in Western Europe has made considerable progress. Primarily because of the activities of local groups, such as the Regio Basiliensis, and the support of international organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the Upper Rhine Valley and other European border regions have succeeded in voicing their interests in a fairly cohesive manner. However, the continued emphasis of national governments on sovereignty and national i…
Smart Growth as Urban Reform: A Pragmatic 'Recoding' of the New Regionalism
New' regionalism privileges social communication over political 'coercion' as a means to motivate intermunicipal, interagency and multiactor co-operation in metropolitan regions. Critics claim, however, that the NR is little more than urban crisis management within increasingly unstable post-Fordist and neo-liberal environments. This analysis of emerging 'smart growth' strategies in North America offers a 'pragmatic', context-sensitive and critic…
Reflections on EU Geopolitics: Consolidation, Neighbourhood and Civil Society in the Reordering of European Space
Civil society observations of the EU's geopolitical impacts on its immediate neighbourhood provide a nuanced ‘ground-up’ perspective that eschews historically deterministic interpretations of the EU's role in the world. While this article is limited to Eastern Europe, it nevertheless highlights some of the challenges facing the EU's visions of ‘Neighbourhood’ as multilateral and multilayered regional co-operation. After a brief theoretical introd…
Inducing transboundary regionalism in asymmetric situations: The case of the German‐Polish Border
The German‐Polish border region, located along the European Union's eastern boundary, is characterized by sharp disparities in living standards and development. It also is a zone of contact between two very different political traditions and cultures that often have confronted each other in conflict. Since 1990, cooperation attempts on the German‐Polish border have been actively encouraged by EU and German government agencies and supported throug…
Bordering imaginaries and the everyday construction of the Mediterranean neighbourhood: Introduction to the special issue
This special issue of European Urban and Regional Studies maps out a move from a strictly geopolitical to more socio-political and socio-cultural interpretations of the European Union’s (EU’s) ‘Mediterranean neighbourhood’. In doing this, the authors propose a dialogic understanding of neighbourhood as a set of ideas and imaginaries that reflect not only top-down geopolitical imaginaries but also everyday images, representations and imaginations.…
Transboundary cooperation on Germany's Borders: Strategic regionalism through multilevel governance
Germany has played a central role in elevating transboundary cooperation to the relatively high political status it now enjoys within the European Union (EU) for geopolitical, economic, and historical reasons. In promoting transboundary cooperation, Germany has pursued an agenda of institutionalization based on the vertical and horizontal integration of different spatial levels of transboundary interaction through both state and nonstate actors t…
The institutionalization of transboundary cooperation in Europe: Recent development on the Dutch‐German Border
Paying particular attention to legal and organizational aspects, this article attempts to analyze transboundary institution-building within the context of European integration and changes in European regional policy. Based on a short case study of the Dutch-German EUREGIO, it is argued that new EC regional development programs and national government support have helped this border area association define strategies enabling it to circumvent lega…
Baltic Sea regionalism, EU geopolitics and symbolic geographies of co-operation
This paper situates an emerging Baltic Sea regionalism within the larger geopolitical context of European integration and enlargement and focuses on the role of spatial planning and regional development policies. Increasingly, symbolic geographies and visionary planning concepts are being employed to support a notion of Baltic regional community while promoting broader “Europeanization”. Through generating positive visions of what regional co-ope…
Transborder Cooperation, Regional Initiatives, and Sovereignty Conflicts in Western Europe: The Case of the Upper Rhine Valley
Transborder cooperation in Western Europe has made considerable progress. Primarily because of the activities of local groups, such as the Regio Basiliensis, and the support of international organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the Upper Rhine Valley and other European border regions have succeeded in voicing their interests in a fairly cohesive manner. However, the continued emphasis of national governments on sovereignty and national i…
The institutionalization of transboundary cooperation in Europe: Recent development on the Dutch‐German Border
Paying particular attention to legal and organizational aspects, this article attempts to analyze transboundary institution-building within the context of European integration and changes in European regional policy. Based on a short case study of the Dutch-German EUREGIO, it is argued that new EC regional development programs and national government support have helped this border area association define strategies enabling it to circumvent lega…
Inducing transboundary regionalism in asymmetric situations: The case of the German‐Polish Border
The German‐Polish border region, located along the European Union's eastern boundary, is characterized by sharp disparities in living standards and development. It also is a zone of contact between two very different political traditions and cultures that often have confronted each other in conflict. Since 1990, cooperation attempts on the German‐Polish border have been actively encouraged by EU and German government agencies and supported throug…
European and North American Contexts for Cross-border Regionalism
SCOTT J. W. (1999) European and North American contexts for cross-border regionalism, Reg. Studies 33 , 605‐617. This paper discusses cross-border regionalism within the supranational contexts of the European Union and the developing North American Free Trade Area. Focusing on planning and regional development issues, cross-border regionalism as a new form of governance is investigated, based on a comparison of supranational integration logics, c…
Transboundary cooperation on Germany's Borders: Strategic regionalism through multilevel governance
Germany has played a central role in elevating transboundary cooperation to the relatively high political status it now enjoys within the European Union (EU) for geopolitical, economic, and historical reasons. In promoting transboundary cooperation, Germany has pursued an agenda of institutionalization based on the vertical and horizontal integration of different spatial levels of transboundary interaction through both state and nonstate actors t…
A Networked Space of Meaning? Spatial Politics as Geostrategies of European Integration
The European Union is an example of regionalisation characterised not only by economic integration, but also by a 'spatial politics' aimed at instilling a sense of European identity and citizenship. Spatial politics are discussed here in terms of governance, regional policies and the production of geographical knowledge that reinforce the notion of a diverse but interdependent European space and, hence, political community. The paper examines rec…
Baltic Sea regionalism, EU geopolitics and symbolic geographies of co-operation
This paper situates an emerging Baltic Sea regionalism within the larger geopolitical context of European integration and enlargement and focuses on the role of spatial planning and regional development policies. Increasingly, symbolic geographies and visionary planning concepts are being employed to support a notion of Baltic regional community while promoting broader “Europeanization”. Through generating positive visions of what regional co-ope…
The EU and ‘Wider Europe: Toward an Alternative Geopolitics of Regional Cooperation
In response to enlargement, the EU’s ‘Wider Europe’ initiative and emerging European Neighbourhood Policy envisage ‘positive interdependence’ with neighbouring countries of the ‘East’ and ‘South’. ‘Partnerships’ are seen as an alternative to direct EU membership and thus as a sustainable incentive for regional cooperation. In order to be effective, such regional partnerships must transcend market logics and accommodate heterogeneous economic and …
Smart Growth as Urban Reform: A Pragmatic 'Recoding' of the New Regionalism
New' regionalism privileges social communication over political 'coercion' as a means to motivate intermunicipal, interagency and multiactor co-operation in metropolitan regions. Critics claim, however, that the NR is little more than urban crisis management within increasingly unstable post-Fordist and neo-liberal environments. This analysis of emerging 'smart growth' strategies in North America offers a 'pragmatic', context-sensitive and critic…
Bordering and Ordering the European Neighbourhood: A Critical Perspective on Eu Territoriality and Geopolitics; Pp. 232-247
The European Union is presently constructing a new model of regional cooperation that includes not only economic objectives but also social, cultural and environmental agendas. One of the main challenges this project faces is the development of closer ties to neighbouring states without offering outright membership to the EU. As a result, however, cooperation and security-oriented agendas of the EU will automatically compete with each other for …
Reflections on EU territoriality and the ‘bordering’ of Europe
Civil Society and the ‘Neighbourhood’ — Europeanization through Cross‐Border Cooperation
This collaborative study pursues a dual objective. On the one hand, it focuses on the actual and potential roles of civil society in developing new forms of political, economic and socio‐cultural cooperation within the emerging ‘European Neighbourhood’. On the other hand, through this investigation of civil society networks it contributes to the ‘Europeanization’ debate with regard to the influence of the EU in civil society development in neighb…
Reflections on EU Geopolitics: Consolidation, Neighbourhood and Civil Society in the Reordering of European Space
Civil society observations of the EU's geopolitical impacts on its immediate neighbourhood provide a nuanced ‘ground-up’ perspective that eschews historically deterministic interpretations of the EU's role in the world. While this article is limited to Eastern Europe, it nevertheless highlights some of the challenges facing the EU's visions of ‘Neighbourhood’ as multilateral and multilayered regional co-operation. After a brief theoretical introd…
Constructing European Neighborhood: Critical Perspectives from EU-Ukraine Interaction and Civil Society Actors
How can EU actorness be conceptualized within the context of Neighborhood? The central purpose of this essay is to contribute a “bottom-up” and more contextually sensitive perspective to the critical assessment of European Union actorness and, in this way, also contribute to a more inclusive understanding of Neighborhood as a regional cooperation project. In doing this, the essay also deals with local Ukrainian rather than EU-centric perspectives…
Bordering imaginaries and the everyday construction of the Mediterranean neighbourhood: Introduction to the special issue
This special issue of European Urban and Regional Studies maps out a move from a strictly geopolitical to more socio-political and socio-cultural interpretations of the European Union’s (EU’s) ‘Mediterranean neighbourhood’. In doing this, the authors propose a dialogic understanding of neighbourhood as a set of ideas and imaginaries that reflect not only top-down geopolitical imaginaries but also everyday images, representations and imaginations.…
Political science (15 works) · Politics (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Law (13 works) · Political economy (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (12 works) · European union (11 works) · International trade (11 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (10 works)