Perkmann, Markus, 1969- (2005) The construction of new scales: a framework and case study of the EUREGIO cross-border region. Working Paper. University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, Coventry.

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The article proposes a framework for analysing re-scaling processes and applies it to a case study of the Dutch-German EUREGIO cross-border region. While much of the scale debate focuses on the causes and consequences of re-scaling, the article addresses the conditions and circumstances in which new territorial scales emerge and suggests a framework of necessary components of re-scaling processes. Informed by neo-Gramscian thinking, the scales debate as well recent analyses of regionalisation, these are formulated as: political mobilisation, governance building and strategic unification. The case study locates the EUREGIO case with respect to these dimensions. The article concludes that this framework can be used for studying and comparing other re -scaling cases and presents an initial typology for classifying cross-border regions.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	EUREGIO (Society), Scaling (Social sciences), Regionalism -- Europe, International cooperation, Europe -- Economic conditions
Series Name:	Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation)
Publisher:	University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Date:	May 2005
Number:	No.165
Number of Pages:	31
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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