Huggins, CI (2018) Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local level Europeanization. European Urban and Regional Studies, 25 (2). pp. 206-227. ISSN 0969-7764

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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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Sage Publications at http://doi.org/10.1177/0969776417691564 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cross-border co-operation, English Channel, Europeanization, subnational government, transnational networking
Subjects: J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2017 11:24
Last Modified: 02 May 2018 10:43
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2744

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