Europeanisation at the Urban Level: Local Actors, Institutions and the Dynamics of Multi-Level Interaction

Marshall, Adam Jay. (2004) Europeanisation at the Urban Level: Local Actors, Institutions and the Dynamics of Multi-Level Interaction. In: UNSPECIFIED, Sheffield, UK.

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Abstract

Involvement in EU-sponsored programmes has provided urban institutions and actors across Europe with unprecedented access to new sources of information, legitimacy, and not least, financial support. From established local authorities to fledgling neighbourhood partnerships, actors across the urban spectrum see increased European involvement as a central component of innovative governance. This paper seeks to evaluate whether European working has provoked shifts in the institutionalised norms, beliefs, and values held by participants in governance at the city level, focusing in particular on the experience of British cities. In order to do so, the paper elaborates a four-part framework for Europeanisation at the urban level, and subsequently applies this framework to the empirical cases of Birmingham and Glasgow. It then attempts to draw some preliminary conclusions about how involvement in EU Structural Fund programmes affects embedded norms and practices in cities across the continent.

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