Rescaling or Institutional Flexibility? The Experience of the Cross-border Øresund Region

Bibliographic Data

ID12575886
AuthorsPovl Adler Hansen (Roskilde University), Göran Serin, Göran Folke Serin (Roskilde University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume20
Issue2
Pages201-227
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional & Federal Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-7566 • E-ISSN: 1743-9434
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13597561003731646
OpenAlexW2069795487
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited40

This article is based on the experience of the cross-border integration processes across the Øresund strait which separates Denmark from Sweden, and the related institutional and spatial interaction processes. The role of ‘space of flows’ and that of ‘space of place’, or territory, will be examined in relation to this cross-border integration. Several related questions will be addressed: has there been a re-scaling in the form of new cross-border institutions or have existing national and regional institutional structures been able to adapt to the new landscape to which the cross-border integration has given rise? Does a process exist whereby the ‘problem’ and its solution are readily identified and absorbed by existing institutional structures with actions carried out through ‘selective competence delegation’? Based on two case studies, the integration of the labour market and the creation of a cross-border public railway network, the article discusses the institutional and spatial challenges which are consequences of and a context for the co-operation processes in the Øresund Region

Competence (human resources · Context (archaeology · Cross-border cooperation · Delegation · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · Geography · Management · Political science · Regional Integration · Regional science · Sociology · Computer Science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Local Governance and Planning

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