Participatory Governance in the Europe of Cross-Border Regions

Name: Participatory Governance in the Europe of Cross-Border Regions | Cooperation - Boundaries - Civil Society
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Cooperation - Boundaries - Civil Society

Peter Ulrich(Autor*in)

Nomos (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 24. Februar 2021

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Cover
1. Introduction
1.1 Relevance and purpose of research
1.2 Theoretical framework: Participatory governance in Europe of the CBRs and the impact of the nation-state border
1.3 Research question, main assumptions and hypotheses
1.4 Research design and outline of this thesis
2. Theoretical framework
2.1 On governance and civic participation
2.1.1 The inevitability of governance
2.1.1.1 The evolution of the term governance
2.1.1.2 Characteristics of governance
2.1.1.3 Governance within the multilevel EU polity
2.1.1.4 Cross-border regional governance
2.1.2 Transforming governance into a participatory form
2.1.2.1 Participatory turn in governance studies
2.1.2.2 Participatory governance: Definitions, conditions and five key features
2.1.2.3 Participatory governance and democratic theory
2.1.2.4 The participants: Actors, holders, citizens and civil society
2.1.2.5 Arenas and style of participatory governance
2.1.2.6 Effects of a broader participation in EU governance arrangements
2.2 On Europe of the (cross-border) regions
2.2.1 Different approaches on the concept Europe of the regions
2.2.1.1 Theoretical dimension: The Europe of the regions as a counter-model of the Europe of the states
2.2.1.2 Empirical dimension: The Europe of the regions as an observation of regionalization by Europeanization
2.2.1.3 Normative dimension: Europe of the regions as a conceptual redesign of the European project in times of crises
2.2.2 Defining the regional dimension
2.2.2.1 Defining the region from a geopolitical perspective
2.2.2.2 Defining the region from a socio-constructivist perspective
2.2.2.3 Distinguishing between regionalism and regionalization
2.2.3 (Re)-scaling and social action: Ideal size for participatory governance?
2.2.4 Self-determination in EU regions
2.2.5 Regionalism in inner-EU CBRs
2.2.5.1 What is a CBR?
2.2.5.2 CBRs: Relevance and hubs for participatory governance?
2.3 On border regions and the permeability of national borders
2.3.1 Perspective I: Thinking from the border - the permeability of the nation-state border
2.3.1.1 Borders, boundaries and frontiers
2.3.1.2 Thick and thin borders
2.3.1.3 Boundary sets for the decoding of borders
2.3.1.4 Permeability of geopolitical and sociocultural boundaries as a pre-condition for participatory governance in EU CBRs
2.3.1.5 Border as a resource and remapping of borders for cross-border governance
2.3.2 Perspective II: Thinking across the border - Cross-border identity, cultural proximity and territorial institutionalization
2.3.2.1 Border regions as cultural and social contact zones
2.3.2.2 Test beds and micro laboratories of European integration
2.3.2.3 Negotiating cross-border culture and identity in CBRs
2.3.2.4 Institutionalization of micro laboratories of CBC
2.4 Tying it all together: Towards an analytical model of participatory governance in the EU´s CBRs
2.4.1 Restatement of the objective of this research
2.4.2 Sketching the theoretical assumptions
2.4.3 Hypothesizing and outlining the assumed causal relations
2.4.4 Defining the applied concepts
2.4.5 Specifying independent variables describing participatory governance in CBRs
2.4.6 Itemizing variables with characteristic values
2.4.7 Reviewing the analytical model for participatory governance in EU CBRs
3. Participatory governance and the occurrence of the CBRs in the EU
3.1 Participatory governance in the EU
3.1.1 Participatory governance as defined in EU strategies, white papers and the Lisbon treaty
3.1.2 The democracy toolbox: For(u)ms, consultations, surveys, assemblies and juries
3.1.3 European Citizens´ Initiative (ECI)
3.1.4 Civic engagement through democratic participation: Democratic elections in the EU institutional triangle
3.1.5 European citizenship: Rights and duties
3.2 The occurrence and consolidation of cross-border governance in the EU
3.2.1 Development of cross-border governance through the CoE
3.2.1.1 The MOC and bilateral treaties
3.2.1.2 Three additional protocols to the convention
3.2.1.3 European Charter of Local Self-Government
3.2.2 Legal development of cross-border governance through the EU
3.2.2.1 Legal foundations in the primary law
3.2.2.2 Legal foundations in the secondary law
3.2.2.3 Freedom of travelling: Schengen Agreement
3.2.2.4 Freedom to work: EU Single Market
4. The EGTC as an example of participatory governance
4.1 Purpose and nature of the EGTC
4.2 A political instrument for cross-border participation and MLG
4.3 Alternative legal and political frameworks for cross-border participatory governance
4.3.1 Euroregions
4.3.2 Working communities
4.4 Classifying the EGTC
5. Applying the analytical model: Research design & operationalization
5.1 Research design: Methods, case selection, data collection and analysis
5.1.1 Methods: Qualitative in-depth comparative case study approach and process tracing X-centered analysis
5.1.2 Data collection and material
5.1.3 Case selection
5.2 Operationalization
6. Participatory governance in EU CBRs: Analysis of EGTC case studies
6.1 The EGTC and participatory governance: Insights from European level
6.2 Case study I: GNP-EGTC
6.2.1 Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance
6.2.2 Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process
6.2.3 Organization of civil society in both countries
6.2.4 Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR
6.2.5 Permeability of the nation-state border
6.2.5.1 Geopolitical boundaries in the Galician-Portuguese context
6.2.5.2 Sociocultural boundaries in the Galician-Portuguese context
6.2.6 Participatory governance in Galicia-Norte de Portugal
6.2.7 Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the GNP-EGTC and effects on a democratization of EU politics
6.3 Case study II: EGTC Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino
6.3.1 Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance
6.3.2 Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process
6.3.3 Organization of civil society in both countries
6.3.4 Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR
6.3.5 Permeability of the nation-state border
6.3.5.1 Geopolitical boundaries in Austria and Italy
6.3.5.2 Sociocultural boundaries in Austria and Italy
6.3.6 Participatory governance in Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino
6.3.7 Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the EGTC Europaregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino and effects on democratization of EU politics
6.4 Case study III: EGTC Eurodistrict SaarMoselle
6.4.1 Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance
6.4.2 Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process
6.4.3 Organization of civil society in both countries
6.4.4 Legal foundation and the development of the EGTC in the CBR
6.4.5 Permeability of the nation-state border
6.4.5.1 Geopolitical boundaries between Germany and France
6.4.5.2 Sociocultural boundaries between Germany and France
6.4.6 Participatory governance in the Eurodistrict SaarMoselle
6.4.7 Conclusion: Causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the EGTC Eurodistrict SaarMoselle and effects on a democratization of EU politics
6.5 Case study IV: EGTC TransOderana
6.5.1 Introduction to the border region and development of cross-border governance
6.5.2 Development of the nation-state border in the European integration process
6.5.3 Organization of civil society in Germany and Poland after 1990
6.5.4. Legal foundation and development of the EGTC in the CBR
6.5.5 Permeability of the nation-state border
6.5.5.1 Geopolitical boundaries between Germany and Poland
6.5.5.2 Sociocultural boundaries between Germany and Poland
6.5.6 Participatory governance in the European model region of TransOderana EGTC
6.5.7 Conclusion: causality between permeability of the nation-state border and participatory governance in the TransOderana EGTC and effects on a democratization of EU politics
6.6 The EGTC and participatory governance: Insights from other case studies
7. Comparing participatory governance in four CBRs
7.1 Achieving causal inference: What can be learned about general causal implications from the four case studies?
7.2 Border permeability and participatory governance in Europe of the CBRs: Causality or correlation?
7.3 Other factors that affect participatory governance in EU CBRs
8. Conclusion and outlook
8.1 Summary: Governing complexity in EU-rope
8.2 Researching conditions of participatory governance in EU CBRs
8.3 Democratization through participatory governance?
8.4 Disentangling governance: towards more governmental agency
8.5 The impact of borders: Future prospectus
8.6 Further perspectives for research
9. Epilogue: Shifting b/orders in times of the COVID-19 pandemic
10. Bibliography

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