Contesting European Regions

Michael Keating

doi:10.1080/00343404.2016.1227777

Contesting European Regions

Michael Keating

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Contesting European regions. Regional Studies. A regional or ‘meso’-level of regulation and policy-making has emerged in Europe. This cannot adequately be explained by functional imperatives or drivers. A constructivist perspective sees the region as the outcome of political contestation over the definition and meaning of territory. Six competing conceptual frames for regionalism are proposed: integrative; competitive; welfare; identity; government; and the region as a refraction of social and economic interests. Any given case will reflect a balance among these conceptions. Such an understanding permits a combination of comparative analysis with an understanding of individual cases and avoids both dismissal of territory and territorial determinism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-18
Number of pages	10
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	51
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1227777
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2017

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The research on which this paper is based was conducted under an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Professorial Fellowship [grant number RES-051-27-0302].

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regions
rescaling
regionalism

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