How Regions Assemble in Brussels: The Organizational Form of Territorial Representation in the European Union

• Autores: Tom Donas, Jan Beyers
• Localización: Publius: the journal of federalism, ISSN 0048-5950, Vol. 43, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 527-550
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Subnational authorities (SNAs) are increasingly mobilized at the European level and much research has been conducted on the liaison offices that represent these substate jurisdictions. Yet liaison offices are only one of the available organizational forms SNAs rely on in Brussels. In this article we investigate multiple organizational forms—such as trans-regional associations and national associations—and how regional entities combine them. This broader perspective leads to the conclusion that the scope and diversity of EU-level territorial mobilization is much more extensive than liaison offices only. However, resource-full SNAs, SNAs benefiting from a high level of self-rule, or SNAs harboring regionalist political parties are comparatively much more active in establishing liaison offices and occupy a prominent position in various trans-regional associations.