A Europe of ‘Petites Europes’: an evolutionary perspective on transnational cooperation on spatial planning

Stefanie Dühr

Planning Perspectives, 2018, vol. 33, issue 4, 543-569

Abstract: Using a historical-institutionalist framework, this paper discusses the emergence and evolution of transnational cooperation initiatives in post-war Europe. A number of critical junctures can be identified at which different goals and approaches were introduced. Due to the path-dependent nature of institutional arrangements, this has resulted in increasingly fuzzy rationales and contradictory objectives for transnational regions in Europe today. The paper concludes with a reflection on the value of historical institutionalism to identify the malleability of such complex policy concepts and the key challenges that transnational regions are facing due to unresolved tensions in their policy design and evolution.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2018.1483262

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