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"Attempting to By-Pass the State to Empower the Periphery: An Examination of the Strategy of Catalan Political Elites to Gain Direct Access and Recognition in the European Union"

Malloy, Michael. (1995) "Attempting to By-Pass the State to Empower the Periphery: An Examination of the Strategy of Catalan Political Elites to Gain Direct Access and Recognition in the European Union". In: UNSPECIFIED, Charleston, South Carolina. (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    [From the introduction]. In December 1991 the European Council approved the Maastricht Treaty creating the European Union. One of the less publicized components of this treaty was the creation of a Committee of the Regions to advise both the Council of Ministers and the Commission on specific issues. Therefore, while Maastricht made the headlines because of the unprecedented transfer of state initiative to a larger political organization, it also increased substantially the potential for an accelerated transfer of political initiative to regions. This paper will examine the Catalan case as an example of how regional political elites are using European organizations to push for a major change in the position of regions not only within the emerging European Union, but also within their respective states.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > regional policy/structural funds
    Countries > Spain
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > governance: EU & national level > subnational/regional/territorial
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > Committee of Regions
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1995 (4th), May 11-14, 1995
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 16 Feb 2008
    Page Range: p. 39
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:47
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7322

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