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- Title
Hesitant Europeanisation: two decades of practice in two city governments.
- Authors
Dukes, Thea; Van der Wusten, Herman
- Abstract
Like many other cities in Europe, from the early 1990s, Amsterdam and The Hague have over time intensified their EU engagement. In both cities there has been a switch from a view on Europe as problem solver, threat or duty, towards Europe as a means of profiling and identity building, as reflected in a change from passive towards active behaviour vis-à-vis Europe. Whereas European activities initially were rather a formal practice, they have finally been put on the local political agendas. At the same time, this process of Europeanisation seems to fare under the aegis of a wider process of internationalisation. The basic driving force is not aimed at Europe at all.
- Subjects
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands); HAGUE (Netherlands); EUROPEANIZATION; MUNICIPAL government; GLOBALIZATION
- Publication
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography), 2014, Vol 105, Issue 5, p630
- ISSN
0040-747X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tesg.12082