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Tensions in a Multi-Level Setting : Cities and Regions in the EU New Regionalism

HAVLÍK, Vratislav

Basic information

Original name

Tensions in a Multi-Level Setting : Cities and Regions in the EU New Regionalism

Authors

HAVLÍK, Vratislav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Midwest Political Science Association Conference : 76th Annual conference, April 5–8, 2018, Chicago, 2018

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00103835

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

Czechia; new regionalism; Slovakia; substate actors; 2014-2020

Tags

Změněno: 12/3/2019 13:15, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

Competition between metropolitan areas and old regions is one of the most visible results of the ‘New Regionalism’ policy in the EU. The aim of this paper is to explain the newly emerged tension between the region and the cities within the EU in the context of the "New Regionalism". The newly introduced ‘Integrated Territorial Investments’ (ITI), a potentially powerful instrument of the cohesion policy of the EU was presented as ‘a flexible mechanism for formulating integrated responses to diverse t! erritoria l needs’. However , this flexibility produced disputes between cities and regions in their chase for money. Based on interviews with substate officials, the study focuses on two countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. They are both major recipients of EU structural funds and the ITI tool is being implemented in both of them, however with different outcomes. Three variable have been identified as major factors causing the tension: administrative capacity, political challenges and different understanding of priorities of regional development among substate actors.