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Dual Networks in European Regional Development Policy

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  • Christopher K. Ansell
  • Craig A. Parsons
  • Keith A. Darden

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This article seeks to extend the general analytical powers of the ‘multi‐level governance’ (MLG) model of politics in the European Union. Empirically, we investigate the political dynamics of networks linking supranational, national, and subnational actors in EU regional development policy. Theoretically, we argue that interaction in these networks can be illuminated by an approach based on the structuralist logic of sociological network theory. Structuralist logic emphasizes how particular patterns of relationships—in this case, a supranational–national–subnational triad—shape actors' roles and strategies. Triads create opportunities for constantly shifting alliances, as relations between any two actors are affected by appeals to the third. The resulting pattern of interaction, which we call ‘dual network dynamics’, corresponds well to observed conflict and co‐operation in EU regional development policy.

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  • Christopher K. Ansell & Craig A. Parsons & Keith A. Darden, 1997. "Dual Networks in European Regional Development Policy," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(3), pages 347-375, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:35:y:1997:i:3:p:347-375
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00066
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    1. Shankar, Raja & Shah, Anwar, 2009. "Lessons from European Union policies for regional development," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4977, The World Bank.
    2. Conzelmann, Thomas, 1998. "Europeanisation of Regional Development Policies? Linking the Multi-Level Governance Approach with Theories of Policy Learning and Policy Change," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 2, June.
    3. Peter John, 2000. "The Europeanisation of Sub-national Governance," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(5-6), pages 877-894, May.
    4. Tanja Boerzel, 2011. "Move Closer! New Modes of Governance and Accession to the European Union," DANUBE: Law and Economics Review, European Association Comenius - EACO, issue 2, pages 1-22, June.
    5. Luigi Capoani & Gianluca Bortoletto & Samuele Fratini & Violetta Van Veen & Cristoforo Imbesi, 2022. "The Genesis and Evolution of the Blue Banana Region," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2022(2), pages 5-45.
    6. Tanja A. Börzel, 2011. "Move Closer! New Modes of Governance and Accession to the European Union," Working Papers of the Vienna Institute for European integration research (EIF) 1, Institute for European integration research (EIF).

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