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Building Governance Institutions Across European Borders

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Markus Perkmann

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PERKMANN M. (1999) Building governance institutions across European Borders, Reg. Studies 33 , 657-667. This paper examines cross-border co-operation (CBC) and associated cross-border regions (CBRs) emerging within the European Union (EU). It analyses both as processes of institution building utilizing recent theories of governance and networks. The discussion is organized in four parts: (1) an overview of CBC in the EU to date and a suggested theoretical framework for understanding it; (2) a specification of CBC governance institutions as an articulation of horizontal and vertical networks; (3) an outline of the interests and agendas of the main actors involved in CBC, including the EU Commission as well as local, regional and central state authorities; and (4) an assessment of CBC governance as the outcome of the aggregate effects of the institutions and actors involved. The concluding section locates CBC within the emerging EU polity, arguing that it represents an example of the building of multi-level governance networks. CBRs, although loosely articulated, are characterized as terrains for producing new transnational actors and new opportunities for existing actors. PERKMANN M. (1999) L'établissement des institutions gouvernementales à travers les frontie ¤ res européennes, Reg. Studies 33 , 657-667. Cet article cherchè a examiner la coopération transfrontalière et les régions transfrontalières qui se font jour au sein de l'Union européenne. A partir des théories récentes au sujet de la notion de gouvernement et de réseaux, l'article analyse les deux en tant que processus nécessaires à l'établissement des institutions. L'analyse consiste en: primo, une vue d'ensemble de la coopération transfrontalière au sein de l'Ue à ce jour et un cadre théorique qui se voit proposer afin de la comprendre; secundo, un schéma des institutions gouvernementales nécessaire à la coopération transfrontalière qui se sert de structure en faveur des réseaux horizontaux et verticaux; tertio, une esquisse des principaux agents qui contribuent à la coopération transfrontalière, y compris la Commission européenne, les autorités locales, régionales et nationales, et leurs divers programmes; quarto, un bilan de la coopération transfrontalière gouvernementale comme résultat des effets cumulés des institutions et des agents impliqués. La dernière partie positionne la coopération transfrontalière au sein du régime politique qui se fait jour dans l'Ue, tout en affirmant qu'elle représente un exemple de l'établissement de réseaux gouvernementaux à plusieurs niveaux. Les régions transfrontalières, bien qu'elles ne soient que vaguement unies, se caractérisent comme terrains favorables à l'émergence de nouveaux agents transfrontaliers et de nouvelles opportunités pour les agents actuels. PERKMANN M. (1999) Der Aufbau von grenzüberschreitenden Governanceinstitutionen in Europa, Reg. Studies 33 , 657–667. Der Beitrag befaßt sich mit grenzüberschreitender Zusammenarbeit (CBC) sowie grenzüberschreitenden Regionen in der Europäischen Union, die mit Bezug auf aktuelle theoretische Erkenntnisse zu Governance und Netzwerken als Entstehung neuer Institutionen thematisiert werden. Die Analyse umfaßt vier Abschnitte: (1) einen Ü berblick über den Stand der CBC in der EU und einen entsprechenden theoretischen Rahmen, (2) eine Darstellung der Regierungsinstitustionen von CBC als eine Artikulation horizontaler und vertikaler Netzwerke, (3) die Beschreibung der an CBC beteiligten Akteure, also der EU, und lokaler, regionaler und nationaler Behörden, (4) die Interpretation von CBC als aggregriertem Effekt der beteiligten Institutionen und Akteure. Im Schlußteil wird CBC als ein Beispiel für die Mehr-Ebenen-Struktur europa ¨ischer Politikimplementation betrachtet. Gleichzeitig bilden grenzüberschreitende Regionen jedoch ein Terrain für neue transnationale Akteure und bieten existierenden Akteuren neue Gelegenheiten zur Verfolgung ihrer Ziele.

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Volume (Year): 33 (1999)
Issue (Month): 7 (October)
Pages: 657-667
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Keywords: Cross-BORDER Co-OPERATION Cross-BORDER Region Euroregion Governance Policy Network European Union;

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