TY - BOOK AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Role of the Regions in EU Governance SN - 9783642119033 AV - KJ-KKZ4999 U1 - 341.2422 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Law KW - Europe KW - Economic policy KW - European Law KW - European Integration N1 - Regions in the EU: F. Eggermont: In The Name of Democracy: The External Representation of the Regions in the Council -- A. Thies: The Locus Standi of the Regions before EU Courts -- P.Van Nuffel: The Protection of Member States Regions through the Subsidiarity Principle -- C. Bovis: The Role and Function of Structural and Cohesion Funds and the Interaction of the EU Regional Policy with the Internal Market Policies -- S. Ricci: The Committee of the Regions and the Challenge of European Governance -- National Patterns: C. Panara: Germany A Cooperative Solution to the Challenge of the European Integration -- S. Villamena: Italy State and Regions vis--vis European Integration: The Long (and Slow) March of the Italian Regional State -- A. Chicharro Lzaro: Spain The Spanish Autonomous Communities in the EU: The Evolution from the Competitive Regionalism to a Cooperative System -- H. Eberhard: Austria The Role of the Lnder in a Centralized Federal State -- J. Colom: France Centre, Regions and Outermost Regions: The Case for a New French and European Governance -- A. De Becker: Belgium The State and the Sub-State Entities Are Equal, but Is the State sometimes still More Equal than the Others?- M. Varney: UK Devolution and European Representation in the United Kingdom -- C. Panara, A. De Becker: Conclusion The Role of the Regions in the European Union: The Regional Blindness of both the EU and the Member States; ZDB-2-SHU N2 - This book compares for the first time how the regions in seven different countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) are involved in EU governance. It is also the first book which tackles this matter from two different perspectives; that of EU law and that of comparative law. It includes contributions both from well-established scholars in the field of EU law and from younger scholars UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11903-3 ER -