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Europeanization and Territorial Politics in Small European Unitary States

A Comparative Analysis

Sandrina Antunes John Loughlin

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English
Routledge
25 September 2023
The book addresses the impact of the European Union (EU) on subnational mobilization in small unitary states.

Located at the intersection of contributions from the literatures on multilevel governance and Europeanization, this book offers a new theoretical framework to account for state rescaling processes in small unitary states. By means of a comparative analysis of eight small unitary states in Europe, this book shows that the impact of the EU on subnational mobilization is filtered through domestic mediating factors which can lead to three possible outcomes: decentralization, recentralization or no change. The book offers a balanced combination of analytical clarity and the richness of empirical accounts in a wide diversity of case studies. It sheds a new light on the ‘hybrid nature’ of the European polity and demonstrates that member state governments have remained the most important pieces of the European puzzle. Overall, it arrives at two conclusions: first, that we are witnessing a ‘transformation of the state’ rather than its demise; second, the notion of a ‘Europe of the Regions’ in small unitary states was no more than a ‘damp squib’.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Regional & Federal Studies.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   80g
ISBN:   9780367629656
ISBN 10:   0367629658
Pages:   200
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sandrina Antunes is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Public Administration from the Universidade do Minho, Portugal. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She works on nationalism and regionalism in the European Union. John Loughlin is Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK, Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK, and Emeritus Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, Wales. His research has been on regionalism, federalism and local government. He has published many books, articles in refereed journals and chapters in books.

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