By-passing the nation state? Regions and the EU policy process

Hooghe, E.A.E.B.; Keating, Michael

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“…First, the existing academic literature deals only partially with the question of direct regional representation in the EU. Even though different authors describe various 'routes', 'channels' or 'access points' available to regional actors at the EU level, they usually focus on three or four and do not attempt to depict a more complete picture of this lobbying game (Hooghe, 1995b(Hooghe, , 2002Hooghe and Marks, 1996;Jeffery, 1997c;Bulmer et al, 2002;Greenwood, 2003Greenwood, , 2007Keating and Hooghe, 2006). Secondly, many of these authors highlight the potential of these routes but sometimes fail to indicate if and under what circumstances they might be most effective.…”

Section: Direct Regional Interest Representation In the European Unionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Access to the Commission, however, is differentiated between regions: democratically elected, richly institutionally endowed regional authorities will be at an advantage compared to weaker or non-majoritarian ones. 24 The European Parliament Apart from some minor exceptions (Bomberg and Peterson, 1998: 226;Hooghe, 1995a: 181), the European Parliament (EP) has often been overlooked as a channel of regional interest representation in the EU (Hooghe and Marks, 1996;Keating, 1998;Jeffery, 2000;Hooghe, 2002;Keating and Hooghe, 2006). The EP, however, can be an effective channel to promote sub-state interests within the EU arena, especially when MEPs are elected on the basis of regional constituencies, as is the case in the UK, France, Belgium, Ireland or Italy.…”

Section: The European Commissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union

Tatham

2008

Regional & Federal Studies

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This article seeks to map out routes of direct regional interest representation in the European Union. It identifies six main opportunity structures available to regions: the Committee of the Regions, the Council of Ministers, the Commission, the European Parliament, regional Brussels offices and European networks and associations. Using original interview material, the article analyses how and under what conditions each route can be most efficient for regional interest representation. It concludes that though these opportunity structures have not triggered the emergence of a 'Europe of the Regions' as some of the literature in the 1990s had predicted, they do represent important channels of access that regions can use in an attempt to influence the EU policy process. These regional para-diplomatic activities bypass EU member states and consequently challenge liberal intergovernmentalist assumptions regarding the nature of EU politics.

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Section: Direct Regional Interest Representation In the European Unionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: The European Commissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union

Tatham

2008

Regional & Federal Studies

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“…Numerous comparative analyses from the end of the 1990s can be found about this development in european regions (e.g. Börzel 2002;Grote et al 1996;Keating and Hooghe 1995;Knodt 2002;Kohler-Koch et al 1998). When concentrating on the organization of a political system in the analysis of regional change, attention is drawn initially to the polity dimension; however, the majority of analyses also include the politics dimension (Knodt 2002;sturm and Pehle 2005).…”

Section: B the Polity And Politics Dimensions: Procedural Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 97%

Comparative politics in the context of multilevel analysis

Knodt

Stoiber

2010

Z Vgl Polit Wiss

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Political science has recently adopted the multilevel system phenomenon as a new type of political system, creating a new focal point within comparative politics. this article offers an analytical approach which is rooted in comparative politics and based on four perspectives: comparative federalism, the comparison of regional associations, i.e. "new regionalism", the eu as a multilevel "sui generis" system, and the comparative analysis of europeanization processes. We present a framework for the analysis of the "Open Method of Co-ordination" (OMC) in order to compare the effects of europeanization in different member states and policy areas. We thus shift our focus away from attempting to analyze the polity of the eu based solely on common typologies, towards the dimension of politics. this together with the polity and policy dimensions provides ample opportunity for comparative analysis.Zusammenfassung: Mit dem Phänomen der Mehrebenensysteme hielt ein neuer typus politischer systeme einzug in die Begriffswelt der Politikwissenschaft und damit auch in den fokus der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Dieser Artikel bietet einen zugriff im sinne einer comparative politics aus vier sichtweisen: der vergleichenden föderalismusforschung, dem Vergleich regionaler zusammenschlüsse, der eu als Mehrebenensystem "sui generis" und der vergleichenden Analyse der europäisierungsprozesse. Am Beispiel der "Offenen Methode der Koordinierung" (OMK) wird dazu ein eigenes Analyseraster entwickelt, um europäisierungsphänomene in unterz Vgl Polit Wiss (2010) 4:s79-s102 s80 M. Knodt and M. stoiber schiedlichen Mitgliedstaaten und Politikfeldern zu vergleichen. Damit lenken wir den Blick weg von den Versuchen, die polity der eu allein mit Hilfe der gängigen typologien zu untersuchen hin auf die politics-Dimension, die zusammen mit der polity-und der policy-Dimension eine ganze fülle von Vergleichsmöglichkeiten bietet.Schlüsselwörter: Mehrebenensystem · eu · Politisches system · Multilevel governance · föderalismus · Comparative politics · New regionalism · Regionale zusammenschlüsse · europäisierung · Offene Methode der Koordinierung (OMK)

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“…This is fairly understandable taking into account their substantial competencies and autonomy in domestic systems. No surprise, therefore, that these regions have sought alternative channels to promote their interests outside the CoR as, for example, through the direct lobbying of the EU institutions by single regions (mainly using their regional representatives' offices) or through regional associations (Keating and Hooghe, 2001). This 'extra CoR' activity has prevented, in a way, the emergence of a clearly structured cleavage inside the CoR.…”

Section: New Potential 'Divides' In the Committeementioning

confidence: 98%

New Members in Old Institutions: The Impact of Enlargement on the Committee of the Regions

Brunazzo

Domorenok

2008

Regional & Federal Studies

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All EU institutions have recently faced the challenge of enlargement, the impact of which has not been limited to a change in the number of officials present or languages utilized. The transformation called into question the capacity of the common institutions to maintain an institutional identity and to absorb new members, integrating them properly into the institutional structures and procedures. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is distinguished among the EU institutions for the broad range and variety of interests represented, a feature often identified as an obstacle for the smooth and effective work of the institution. In this context, the process of enlargement, which has substantially increased the CoR's membership and made the diversity of interests even broader, inevitably triggers the expectation of a growing degree of conflict in the Committee's internal policy-making process. The working hypothesis here is that enlargement has increased the level of internal conflict in the CoR and contributed to a further split of interests and the creation of new interest groups.

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By-passing the nation state? Regions and the EU policy process

Cited by 56 publications

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Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union

Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union

Comparative politics in the context of multilevel analysis

New Members in Old Institutions: The Impact of Enlargement on the Committee of the Regions

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