Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Sykes Olivier , Shaw David
    Investigating Territorial Positioning by Sub-state Territories in Europe
    in Regional and Federal Studies , Volume 18 Issue 1 ,  2008 ,  55 - 76
    Since the 1990s, much attention has been devoted to exploring the extent to which regions in Europe seek to promote their development by capitalizing upon vertical and horizontal links with other territories and governance scales. In the same period, regional policy in many states has evolved from a traditional 'redistributive' model towards more territorialized 'endogenous' approaches that aim to foster the intrinsic endowments and capacities for growth and collective action of subnational territories. EU initiatives have also encouraged subnational authorities to overcome 'insularity' and to take into account interdependencies and European links in their spatial development strategies. The capacity to strategically engage in such 'territorial positioning' will become increasingly important for territories as they adjust to evolving European spatial and policy contexts. This paper explores the notion of territorial positioning and, through reference to recent developments in the North West region of England, provides an exploratory indication of how and why territorial positioning occurs in practice and with what success.
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