European Integration and Local Government

Edited by M.J.F. Goldsmith, Professor Emeritus, University of Salford, UK and Kurt Klaudi Klausen, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

'The book is good reading for an audience adhering to the still rare mixture of the combined specialization in local government and European affairs.'

• Contents: Preface 1. European Integration and Local Government: Some Initial Thoughts (M. Goldsmith, K.K. Klausen) 2. Danish Local Government: Integrating into the EU? (K.K. Klausen) 3. The Netherlands (M. Wolters) 4. European Integration and the Local Authorities in Germany: Impacts and Perceptions (H. Wollmann, S. Lund) 5. European Integration: A Lifeline for Irish Local Authorities? (C. Coyle) 6. Local Governments and the EU: The British Experience (M. Goldsmith, E. Sperling) 7. Belgian Local Government: Far Away from Brussels (S. de Rynck 8. Stars and Black Holes: French Regions and Cities in the European Galaxy (R. Balme, P. LeGalès) 9. European Integration and Local Government: The (Ambiguous) Portuguese Case (M. da Silva e Costa, J. Felizes, J. Neves) 10. ‘Yes, in Theory. And Perhaps in the Future’: European Integration and Local Government in Italy (E.Ercole) 11. The Impact of European Integration on Regional and Local Government in Finland, Norway and Sweden (M.L. von Bergmann-Winberg) 12. Cities, Networks, Euroregions, European Offices (E. Ercole, M. Walters, M. Goldsmith) 13. Conclusion: Local Government and the European Union (K.K. Klausen, M. Goldsmith) Index