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Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local level Europeanization

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Abstract

One of the features of local level Europeanization has been the emergence of transnational networking (TN) undertaken by subnational authorities (SNAs). This activity, which received much attention during the 1990s, enables SNAs to take advantage of the opportunities created by European integration. However empirical analyses of TN are lacking, despite European integration and the wider context SNAs find themselves within evolving. Consequently little remains understood about how SNAs engage in TN and how they are affected by Europeanization pressures. Using the case of TN undertaken by SNAs in South East England and Northern France, this article finds that Europeanization has created more opportunities for SNAs to engage at the European level. SNAs have, in turn, taken advantage of these opportunities, leading to increased participation in TN. However SNAs’ approaches to TN are not uniform. Engagement remains marked by differentiation as local level factors, such as local strategy and political objectives, affect how SNAs participate in TN. This differentiation is likely to become increasingly marked as SNAs respond to contemporary challenges such as budgetary pressures and, in the case of South East England, Brexit.

Acceptance Date Jan 9, 2017
Publication Date Apr 1, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal European Urban and Regional Studies
Print ISSN 0969-7764
Publisher SAGE Publications
Pages 206-227
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776417691564
Keywords Cross-border co-operation, English Channel, Europeanization, subnational government, transnational networking
Publisher URL http://doi.org/10.1177/0969776417691564

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