Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1. The Challenge of the Regional Dimension in the European Union; 2. Regions and the European Union: Letting them In, and Leaving them Alone; 3. The Participation of Infra-State Entities in European Union Affairs in Spain: the Basque Case; 4. The Scottish Parliament and the European Union: Analysing Regional Parliamentary Engagement; 5. The Case of the Åland Islands--Regional Autonomy versus the European Union of States; 6. The German Länder: Involvement in EC/EU Law and Policy Making
7. The Committee of the Regions Today and in the Future--A Critical Overview8. Finding a Role for the Regions in Checking the EU's Competence; 9. The Regional Question, Subsidiarity and the Future of Europe
Summary
The essays gathered in this collection examine the involvement of self-governing sub-national and regional actors in the law and policy-making of the European Union
