The Conceptual Framework: Europeanization - institutionalizing European policy spaces; Multi-level governance and regulation - perspectives on change in territorial policies in Europe; Europeanization - interpreting modes of change and institutionalization. Stages in the Europeanization of Italian Regional Policy: Regional policy in Italy until the 1990s - a retrospective; Stages in Europeanization, 1 - aligning domestic reforms to European regulatory frameworks; Stages in Europeanization, 2 - reframing the arena of domestic intergovernmental relations; Stages in Europeanization, 3 - building multi-level governance. Opportunities and Challenges in the Europeanization of Italian Regional Policy - Europeanization and institutional change in Italian regional policy - a summary interpretation; Contradictions and conflicts in the Europeanization of Italian regional policy - a case study. Conclusion - Europeanization and the "Italian Transition" to a multi-level polity.
