Europeanization and Territorial Politics in Small European Unitary States

Sandrina Antunes is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Public Administration from the Universidade do Minho, Portugal. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She works on nationalism and regionalism in the European Union. John Loughlin is Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK, Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK, and Emeritus Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, Wales. His research has been on regionalism, federalism and local government. He has published many books, articles in refereed journals and chapters in books.

• Introduction: The European Union, subnational mobilization and state rescaling in small unitary states: a comparative analysis Sandrina Antunes and John Loughlin1. Subnational Sweden, the national State and the EUAnders Lidström2. Finnish regional governance structures in flux: reform processes between European and domestic influences Stefan Sjöblom3. Europe and the rescaling of domestic territorial governance in Ireland Mark Callanan4. Subnational mobilization and the reconfiguration of central-local relations in the shadow of Europe: the case of the Dutch decentralized unitary stateMartijn Groenleer and Frank Hendriks5. With or Without you: mobilization strategies of Portuguese regional authorities in the European UnionSandrina Antunes and José Magone6. Checking the mechanics of Europeanization in a centralist state: the case of Greece Nikolaos Komninos Hlepas7. Empowering through regional funds? The impact of Europe on subnational governance in the Czech RepublicJakub Lysek and Dan Ryšavý8. Institutionalization of subnational governance in Estonia: European impacts and domestic adaptationsGeorg Sootla and Kersten KattaiConclusion: State rescaling and a ‘Europe of the Regions’ in small unitary states: a damp squib? John Loughlin and Sandrina Antunes