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Denmark and the European Union
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This book offers an accessible, coherent and comprehensive analysis of the recent, contemporary and future challenges and possibilities facing Denmark in the European integration process. The book traces the formal as well as the informal ways of influence and adaptation in Denmark’s relations with the European Union. In doing so, it also offers a contribution to our understanding of Europe as a differentiated political arena. Topics covered include: ◦ Identifying the challenges and opportunities of Danish EU membership, via the policies pursued by Denmark in Europe. ◦ The ways in which Denmark adapts to the European integration process. ◦ Consequences of EU integration for citizen rights, democracy, policy coordination and implementation efficiency. Denmark and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union and integration politics.
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- Lindh, Magnus, 1960-
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Regionen och EU? : Uppfattningar och attityder till EU-relaterade frågor i Västsverige
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis explores perceptions and preferences on regional action in EU-related frameworks among regional actors in Western Sweden. Building upon the literature on Europeanisation and the Fusion approach, three dimensions of Europeanisation are clarified and explored– download, upload and crossload – and together with a set of five variables that constitute the Micro Fusion Framework; a comprehensive analytical tool is developed. The thesis analyses the intense debate among the members of West Sweden that took place from 2011 to 2013 that focused on how to functionally organise the regional office in Brussels in order to meet future challenges. Surprisingly, the members eventually decided to terminate their cooperation and close the jointly owned office in Brussels in spite of the fact that it has been widely regarded as successful and effective. Diverging perceptions and preferences is understood in terms of three positions on regional action; a download-, upload- and a coherent oriented position. Finally, the thesis presents the empirical findings and discusses in relation to three fusion scenarios, infusion, defusion and clustered fusion.In terms of Micro Fusion Framework, the dynamics shaping why West Sweden was finally regarded as a dysfunctional arena for regional action are explained by a shift of attention and action among regional actors in Western Sweden that led to pressure for further institutional adaptation in order to meet the demand of how ‘to get the best out of the EU’. Further, this redefinition of how to handle EU-affairs within the upload-oriented position was accompanied by positive attitudes towards the potential to bypass the state and thereby pursue regional priorities directly in Brussels given the compound nature of the EU. In contrast, those regional actors that are found to be more download-oriented often question the benefits of uploading activities in practice and advocate close relations to the state. A coherent oriented position recognises the importance of activities related to both of the vertical dimensions of Europeanisation.
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- Lindh, Magnus, 1960-, et al.
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Understanding Regional Action and the European Union : A Fusion Approach
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- What do European regions do in order to influence the European Union? How can regions get the best out of the EU? This working paper represents the final stage in the first phase of an ongoing research project aiming at answering these questions by comparing regional actors’ activities towards the European Union.The project focuses on: (i) exploring and categorising existing regional action among Nordic regional policy-makers, with an emphasis on assessing the attention given to, and the action undertaken by, these policy-makers on EU questions; (ii) evaluating the conceptions and attitudes of regional actors toward existing and future participation in EU-related frameworks in order to, (iii), facilitate the development of an empirically and theoretically informed model for comparing Nordic regional relations with the EU.In this working paper the conceptual elements that will be used to describe and understand regional action are presented.The research project is funded by Nordic Council of Ministers as part of the Internationalisation of Regional Development Policies – Needs and Demands in the Nordic Countries research programme and the Centre for Research on Regional Development (Cerut) at Karlstad University.
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- Miles, Lee, 1969-
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Future of a Fusing Europe
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- After providing a thematic survey of the challenges confronting the European Union today, Lee Miles calls upon EU scholars to ‘think bigger’ about the future of the European Union. He argues that fusion approaches offer considerable conceptual strengths, and the potential to develop theory-informed scenarios, that can aid our understanding of the future evolution of the Union. Through an evaluation of the 2007 Reform Treaty, the author also concludes that the EU will further evolve as a ‘Fusing Europe’ and that EU external relations policy will be an area of notable future development.
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- Narbutaité Aflaki, Inga, 1973-
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From the Soviet to the European Union : A Policy Study of SME Assistance Organising in Lithuania
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Establishment of a policy linkage between particular outspoken societal needs and their realisation via the body political is critical for recently democratised polities. In Lithuania, a former Soviet bloc country undergoing a complex transition, an urge from various societal groups for successful and adequate policies exemplify the importance of this linkage. The study inquires into its establishment during the transition from the Soviet to the EU by exploring collective action to assist Lithuanian SMEs -a new group of economic actors -with their transition period needs. Policy linkage is operationalised in terms of successful and adequate policies. Methodologically, the study examines the usefulness of bottom-up approach to policy organising for revealing policy process in the transition context. Theoretically, the study tests the explanatory power of the major bottom-up assumptions regarding the preconditions for policy linkage in the Lithuanian transition. Especially the role of the government and formal politicaladministrative institutions is explored. The study findings indicate very limited government, EU and mandated actors’ success in organising adequate SME assistance policies. Ad hoc collective actions with mixed types of actors and alternative structurations were found to frequently supplement for the policy linkage. Useful explanations to this were provided by the employed context, structural and behavioural factors. Active selforganising of policy receivers was a precondition significantly increasing the adequacy of the collective assistance action. Also adherence to the rule of law principles in policy process should not be undermined to increase chances of policy adequacy. Especially a combination of behavioural factors characteristic of social capital in the localities studied was found important to consider further. Policy learning is yet underestimated as a factor structuring policy action and enabling policy linkage. Lack of policy structures has implications for policy learning. The study also proposes policy adequacy as a complimentary indicator of transition success.
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- Aflaki, Inga Narbutaite, et al.
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Entrepreneurship in the polis : Understanding political entrepreneurship
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Dynamics of entrepreneurship have attracted growing attention from scholars of political science, policy studies, public administration and planning, as well as more recently, from the realms of international relations and foreign policy analysis. Under the banner of political entrepreneurship, this volume considers and maps out conceptual approaches to the study of entrepreneurship drawn from these fields, discusses synergies, envisages new analytical tools and offers contemporary empirical case studies, illustrating the diverse political contexts in which entrepreneurship takes place in the polis. Drawing upon an international cast of senior academics and cutting edge young researchers, the volume takes a closer look at key aspects of political entrepreneurship, such as, defining political entrepreneurs, how it relates to change, decision-making and strategies, organizational arrangements, institutional rules, varying contexts and future research agendas. By highlighting the political aspects of entrepreneurship, the volume presents new exciting opportunities for understanding entrepreneurial activities at regional, national and international levels. The volume will be of particular relevance to scholars and students of political science, policy studies, public administration, planning, international relations and business studies as well as practitioners interested in the nexus and utility of entrepreneurship in the modern-day political world.
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- Dimitrakopoulos, Dimitris, et al.
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Better Regulation of Utilities in Europe
- 1998
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This working report commissioned by a leading think tank in Brussels examined the common challenges for policy-makers in four states in monitoring the Utilities sector in Europe
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