Regions in Europe (Routledge Research in European Public Policy)

Regions in Europe explores the state of regional politics in an increasingly integrated Europe. It argues that the predicted rise of increased political power at the regional level has failed to materialise and is fraught with paradox. In doing so this study locates regions in relation to European integration, globalisation, the nation state, local government, and comparative and national perspectives.
Using case studies of the main players in Europe including:
* Germany
* France
* UK
* Italy
* Spain
* the Netherlands
* Belgium.
the contributors show how and why European regions remain remarkably weak in European governance.

Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Senior Research Fellow at the Centre de Recherches Administratives et Politiques, University of Rennes, and Associate Professor at IEP Paris and IEP Rennes.,
Christian Lequesne is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, and Associate Professor at IEP, Paris, and College of Europe, Bruges.