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作者

Andrea Noferini;Matteo Berzi;Francesco Camonita;Antoni Durà

来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.,Issue.

语言

英文

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作者单位

Department of Political Science and Public Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain;Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain;Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain;Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain

摘要

Today, cross-border cooperation promoted by Euroregions all over the European Union is a consolidating reality. The article focuses on Euroregions as formal organizations in the field of cross-border cooperation. By using a data set of 61 Euroregions considered to be particularly active, the study investigates the characteristics of cross-border cooperation agreements. For each Euroregion, cross-country comparisons take into account the following essential parameters: the number of actors involved in the agreement, their administrative and political nature, as well as the official goals pursued. From a descriptive perspective, the study aims to provide some useful classifications regarding the wide variety of cross-border experiences that have developed in Europe in recent decades. From the analytical perspective, the paper challenges enthusiastic claims that interpret Euroregions as effective political instruments for re-territorialization or new modes of cross-border multilevel governance.