A ’Macro-Regional’ Europe in the Making

Stefan Gänzle is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway.

Kristine Kern is Professor for the Governance of Urban Infrastructure and Global Change, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), and the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Macro-regional strategies seek to improve the interplay of the EU with existing regimes and institutions, and foster coherence of transnational policies. Drawing on macro-regional governance and Europeanization, this edited volume provides an overview of processes of macro-regionalization in Europe displaying evidence of their significant impact.

PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Macro-regions, 'Macro-regionalization' and Macro-regional Strategies in the European Union (EU): Toward a New Form of European Governance?; Stefan Gänzle and Kristine KernPART II: DEVELOPMENT OF EU MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES2. From Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union; Martin Dangerfield3. Macro-regions and the EU: The Role of Cohesion Policy; Irene McMaster and Arno van der ZwetPART III: THEORIZING MACRO-REGIONALIZATION AND MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE4. Exploring EU Macro-regional Strategies through the Lens of Multilevel Governance; Simona Piattoni5. Macro-regional Strategies: Agents of Europeanization and Rescaling?; Dominic Stead, Franziska Sielker and Tobias Chilla PART IV: GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE AND IMPACT OF MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPE6. The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region; Stefan Gänzle and Kristine Kern7. The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region; Attila Ágh8. The European Union Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Region; Battistina Cugusi and Andrea Stocchiero9. The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region; Jörg Balsiger10. North Sea Macro-region? Partnerships, Networking and Macro-regional Dimensions; Mike Danson11. The Atlantic Arc: A Macro-region in the Making?; Mark Wise