Territorial interest representation in the European Union
Actors, Objectives and Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7880933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Callanan (0000-0003-2372-512X), Michaël Tatham (0000-0002-8388-8193) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-210 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2013.829579 |
| OpenAlex | W2055785547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 38 |
When studying the ever increasing mobilization of territorial authorities in the EU context, the literature has used the term 'subnational' as shorthand for very different actors, with the most typical distinction made between regional and local government. In this article we propose an alternative dichotomy. We suggest that 'stronger' regions actually share much in common with 'stronger' associations of local governments, while 'weaker' regions exhibit a number of similarities with 'weaker' associations and individual local authorities. We illustrate our findings using evidence gathered from a survey of 103 regional offices in Brussels as well as interview data of 149 officials working in five different European countries. We draw on existing research in this field, as well as our own data, to take stock of key understandings around territorial interest representation and present a series of propositions concerning (1) the objectives of subnational actors, distinguishing financial from regulatory mobilization, and (2) the strategies and representation channels used by these authorities
Context (archaeology · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Geography · Local government · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Representation (politics · Sociology · Stock (firearms · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
Three decades of multilevel governance research
Differentiated Cooperation through Local Authority Networks
Not playing the same game? European integration with regions in context
Russian-Backed Paradiplomacy in the ‘Near Abroad’
(Nearly) Outside the Shadow of Hierarchy
Context-driven Local Autonomy. The importance of differentiated assessments in asymmetric countries
Multi-level governance in a ‘Europe with the regions’
State rescaling and a ‘Europe of the Regions’ in small unitary states
Contemporary expressions of the foreign relations of subnational governments in Africa
Rethinking shared rule as intergovernmental lobbying
With or without you
Sub-state diplomacy
The European Union, subnational mobilization and state rescaling in small unitary states
Multi-Level Governance in a Small State
Bypassing a Centralized State
The activities in Brussels of the local and regional authorities from European Free Trade Area countries
Subnational Governments in the Negotiation of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020
Domestic Institutions and regional representation in the European Union
Regionalist Protest through Shared Rule? Peripherality and the Use of Cantonal Initiatives in Switzerland
The domestic sources of sub-state foreign policymaking
Multilevel regulatory coordination
The fusion approach – applications for understanding local government and European integration
Scandinavian capital cities as EU lobbyists
Calling on Europe? Secessionist Political Parties and Their Communications to the European Union
Local responses to European Integration
Regionalization with Europeanization? The rescaling of interest groups in multi-level systems
Regional Voices in the European Union
From staunch supporters to critical observers
Networkers, fund hunters, intermediaries, or policy players? The activities of regions in Brussels
State capture from below? The contradictory effects of decentralisation on public spending
No place like home? Explaining venue selection of regional offices in Brussels
The Rise of Regional Influence in the EU – From Soft Policy Lobbying to Hard Vetoing
Revisiting Policy Preferences and Capacities in the EU
What makes a good lobbyist for the government? Explaining intergovernmental lobbying success
Intergovernmental Lobbying in Brazil
Lobbying The European Union
The Rise of Regional Authority
Cohesion Policy and European Integration
Going Beyond Paradiplomacy? Adding Historical Institutionalism to Account for Regional Foreign Policy Competences
Going Beyond Paradiplomacy? Adding Historical Institutionalism to Account for Regional Foreign Policy Competences
Interest group strategies in multi‐level Europe
A Europe of the Regions vs. the Regions in Europe
Going Solo
The German Länder and the European constitutional treaty
Introduction
What Do Subnational Offices Think They Are Doing in Brussels
Actors of the Common Interest? The Brussels Offices of the Regions
The rise of the regulatory state in Europe
How Regions Assemble in Brussels
Who lobbies the European Union? National interest groups in a multilevel polity
Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups
The state and interest groups in a framework of multi‐level decision‐making
Multilevel Governance and Business Interests in the European Union
Regions and the constitution for Europe
Thirty Years of Territorial Politics
European Union Decision Making
Subnational Collective Action
Empirical and theoretical studies in EU lobbying
With or without you’? Revisiting territorial state-bypassing in EU interest representation
EU decision-making
Diplomacy and domestic politics
Domestic Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Multilevel Venue Shopping in Four EU Member States
Institutional Context, Organizational Resources and Strategic Choices
Devolution and EU policy-shaping
Paradiplomats Against the State
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |