Effective governance for competitive regions in Europe: the difficult case of the Randstad

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• 作者：Bart Lambregts ; Leonie Janssen-Jansen and Nadav Haran
• 关键词：Competitive regions ; Europeanization ; European regional policy ; Governance ; Institutional change ; Randstad
• 刊名：GeoJournal
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：June, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：72
• 期：1-2
• 页码：45-57
• 全文大小：388.6 KB
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Geography
  Geography
  Environmental Management
  Hydrogeology
  Ecology
  Methodology of the Social Sciences
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9893

文摘

Europe has come to recognize that its regions have a major role to play in achieving its cohesion and competitiveness objectives. EU policies and Structural Fund principles are therefore increasingly geared towards enhancing regional capacities. Regions across Europe are responding, with varying results so far. The Randstad, in the Netherlands, presents itself as a ‘far from best’ example. Despite continued and serious attempts to strengthen capacities and institutions, the region still lacks effective governance. This paper explores the question why it is next to impossible to establish a framework for effective governance in the Randstad and distils some lessons for other regions in Europe.