The end of the borders? the politics of territorial cooperation in the multi-level governance system. A comparative study of cross-border cooperation initiatives

José M. Magone ^[1]
1. [1] Berlin School of Economics and Law
  
  Berlin School of Economics and Law
  
  Berlin, Stadt, Alemania
Localización: Repensar la democracia: inclusión y diversidad : IX Congreso Español de Ciencia Política y de la Administración: celebrado en Málaga 23, 24 y 25 de septiembre de 2009 / Juan Luis Paniagua Soto (dir. congr.), 2009
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This study wants to analyse the impact of the INTERREG programme of the EU on the borders of the member-states. The first part attempts to present some theoretical aspects of the impact of INTERREG on the nation-state as a “power container”. The studies of Stein Rokkan and the further development by Stefano Bartolini to contextualise the process of cross-border cooperation. Afterwards, a chapter discusses the INTERREG programme in empirical terms. Last but not least, a section is dedicated to the impact of the INTERREG programme along the borders of Germany. There are fourteen programmes along the German borders and this contribution tries to create a typology of level of development in order to show the asymmetrical impact of such cross-border cooperation.