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1 online resource (186 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals Ser |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Summary |
First published in 1999, this volume is a study of regional and local co-operation across national borders in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and also of regional co-operation out of the area - across the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and in the Barents region. The focus of the study is on processes of region-building. Co-operation between regions across national borders is seen as a creative process, and as something that has to be nurtured and guided. The authors recognised the need for a work which examined issues crossing Nordic borders and made the information more publicly accessible, emerging within evolving discussions of regional governance, cross-border collaborations and Nordic co-operation. The editors have featured three forms of contributions: a series of regional case studies, collations of data on sub-national governments and relating these sub-national factors to debates on Nordic co-operation and European integration. Authors with specialist regional knowledge examine these processes in detail, through case studies which represent the most important of this type of Nordic area and provide a view of what may constitute 'success' in such ventures. The authors also discuss what such processes may signify for general Nordic co-operation against the backdrop of European integration and seek to indicate what Nordic regions may bring to European regionalism. Such a discussion is of particular interest since the EU acquired a new Nordic dimension when Sweden and Finland joined. Contributors' articles focus on areas including the Kvarken Council, the ARKO co-operation, the internationalisation of Finnish and Norwegian local government and the resund region. The collaboration was published in English in order to better contribute to discussions on cross-border interaction more widely, particularly in the case of Europe |
| Notes |
Harald Baldersheim, professor of political science at the University of Oslo. Krister Stahlberg, professor of public administration at the Abo Academy |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Regionalism -- Scandinavia
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Scandinavian cooperation.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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Regionalism
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Scandinavian cooperation
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Scandinavia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ståhlberg, Krister.
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| ISBN |
9780429809583 |
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0429809581 |
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9780429442605 |
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0429442602 |
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9780429809569 |
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0429809565 |
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9780429809576 |
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0429809573 |
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