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JournalISSN: 1359-7566

Regional & Federal Studies 

Taylor & Francis
About: Regional & Federal Studies is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Federalism & European union. It has an ISSN identifier of 1359-7566. Over the lifetime, 991 publications have been published receiving 16178 citations. The journal is also known as: Regional and federal studies.


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TL;DR: In this article, regional authority is disaggregated into two domains (self-rule and shared rule) and these are operationalised in eight dimensions, and the authors conclude by examining the robustness of this measure across alternative measurement assumptions.
Abstract: This article sets out a conceptual basis for measuring regional authority and engages basic measurement issues. Regional authority is disaggregated into two domains (self-rule and shared rule) and these are operationalised in eight dimensions. The article concludes by examining the robustness of this measure across alternative measurement assumptions.

265 citations

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TL;DR: The Paradiplomacy in Action: The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments, this paper, is a collection of articles about the Paradise in action of subnational governments.
Abstract: (1999). Regions and international affairs: Motives, opportunities and strategies. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 9, Paradiplomacy in Action: The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments, pp. 1-16.

190 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an actor-centred approach to multi-level governance is proposed, which is based on the actor-centered approach of the European Union towards a third level in Europe.
Abstract: (1996). An actor‐centred approach to multi‐level governance. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 6, The Regional Dimension of the European Union Towards a Third Level in Europe?, pp. 20-38.

182 citations

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TL;DR: The Lega Nord has traditionally been defined as a regionalist populist party, since Matteo Salvini became its leader in 2013 it has undergone a process of profound ideological transformation as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Whilst the Lega Nord has traditionally been defined as a regionalist populist party, since Matteo Salvini became its leader in 2013 it has undergone a process of profound ideological transformation...

179 citations

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TL;DR: The European Union state borders have become more flexible, differentiated and salient as the Single European Market has re-configured the borders of the European Union (EU). Internal and external border regions have become sites of extensive cross-border cooperation promoted by a multiplicity of local governmental and non-governmental agencies, their respective national governments and the European Commission as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The accelerating globalization of economic and cultural life and the growing density of international and supranational institutions have led many to assume the decreasing significance, even practical redundancy, of state borders. Yet, the case for redundancy is weak. Far from disappearing, state borders have proliferated with the break-up of the Soviet bloc. They have become more flexible, differentiated and salient as the Single European Market has re-configured the borders of the European Union (EU). Internal and external border regions have become sites of extensive cross-border cooperation promoted by a multiplicity of local governmental and non-governmental agencies, their respective national governments and the European Commission. While the number of state borders is increasing, their changing functions and meanings are becoming manifest through issues such as environmental pollution, animal diseases, crime, immigration, refugees, asylum seekers and the de-regulation and re-regulation of the global economy. Yet, academics and key policy have often seen them as marginal to both disciplinary and policy concerns. The scale of recent border change, however, has encouraged a substantial growth in research on borders across a range of social science disciplines and a renewed policy interest in border regions by the EU and its member states (see for example, Hansen, 1983; Sahlins, 1989; Eger and Langer, 1996; M. Anderson, 1996; O’Dowd and Wilson, 1996; Newman, 1998; Paasi, 1998; Sparke, 1998; Wilson and Donnan, 1998; Anderson and O’Dowd, 1999). This renewed interest has been accompanied by a growing recognition of the fundamental importance of boundaries in social life. Wallace (1992: 14), a leading analyst of European integration, notes that the question of territorial boundaries is central to the study of political systems, legal jurisdictions and socio-economic interaction. The Indian sociologist, T.K. Oommen has even suggested that the ‘rise and fall, the construction and deconstruction of various types of boundaries is the very story of human civilisation and of contemporary social transformation’ (cited in Paasi, 1998: 83) This essay attempts to provide an overview of the changing significance of EU state borders as a contribution to the analysis of

179 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202319
202224
202173
202047
201928
201836