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
    • Elcock Howard
    Regional Futures and Strategic Planning
    in Regional and Federal Studies , Volume 18 Issue 1 ,  2008 ,  77 - 92
    Recent Government decisions and Opposition statements have called into question the future of the governing institutions of the English regions. This raises two questions, the first of which is the strategic role of European regions and the need for it in EU member states. This question is addressed first through a discussion of the English regional government agencies' strategic planning roles and the development of similar regional strategic planning in other European Union member states. The second main issue is possible scenarios for the development of the English regions. These include further attempts to create elected regional assemblies, developing administrative regionalism, revising regional boundaries, developing city regions and abolishing most or all of the regional government institutions. The provisional conclusion is that such abolition would be a retrograde step that would reduce England's capacity to cope with domestic and European pressures.
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