Europe, Regions and European Regionalism

MARTIN BRUSIS Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Policy Research in the University of Munich, GermanyNOREEN BURROWS Jean Monnet Chair of European Law, and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UKKATY HAYWARD Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast, UKGIANDOMENICO FALCON Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Trento, ItalyGRZEGORZ GORZELAK Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for European Regional and Local Studies at Warsaw University, PolandGYULA HORVÁTH Professor of Regional Policy and Director General of the Centre for Regional Studies at the University of Pécs, HungaryTARVO KUNGLA Lecturer in Public Administration at the University of Tartu, EstoniaANDERS LIDSTRÖM Professor of Political Science at Umeå University, SwedenCAROLYN MOORE Lecturer in German and European Politics at the University of Birmingham, UKFRANCESC MORATA Professor of Political Science and Director of the University Institute of European Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, SpainROMAIN PASQUIER Researcher and Head of the research team on 'Territorial governance and comparative analysis of public policies', in the Institute of Policy Studies at the University of Rennes, FranceDARIA DE PRETIS is Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Trento, ItalyWILFRIED SWENDEN is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UKANNA TUCHOLSKA is AssistantProfessor in the Centre for European Regional and Local Studies, Warsaw University, Poland

• Introduction: Europe, Regions and European Regionalism;  R.W.Jones & R.Scully The Belgian Regions and the European Union: Unintended partners in unravelling the Belgian state?; W.Swenden The French Regions and the European Union: Policy Change and Institutional Stability; R.Pasquier 'Fit for Europe'? The German Länder, German federalism and the EU; C.Moore 'Loyal Cooperation': Italian Regions and the Creation and Implementation of European Law; G.Falcon & D.de Pretis Divide to Multiply: Irish Regionalism and the European Union; K.Hayward Scotland's European Strategy; N.Burrows European Integration and the Spanish Territorial State; F.Morata The Swedish Regions and the European Union; A.Lidström Estonian Regions and the European Union: between Transformation and Europeanisation; T.Kungla Regionalism in a Unitary State: The case of Hungary; G.Horváth The Regions of Poland; G.Gorzelak with A.Tucholska Accommodating European Union Membership: The Regional Level in Bulgaria; M.Brusis Conclusion: Europe's Persisting Regions; R.Scully & R.Wyn Jones Bibliography