Nordic Transborder Regions at Work: Why They Don't Work

摘要

;Contents: Introduction; Transnational relations between national subunits. Somegeneral reflections; Two applications in the European context: Interpreting 'regions between the state and the international system'; Applications in the Nordic context; The Horizontal perspective: Paradiplomatic contacts and network relations; Transborder organizations between region and state: Coordinating network activities with public policies; Transborder development between region and state: A 'vertical' explanation; Conclusions; References.