Opportunities for Democracy in Cross-border Regions? Lessons from the Øresund Region

摘要: Hall P. Opportunities for democracy in cross-border regions? Lessons from the Oresund Region, Regional Studies. This article critically assesses democratic character of regions within European Union. Cross-border cooperation could be an experimental field project making Union more through transnational partnerships, especially since large parts policy formation are done by local and regional authorities. The analyses state Region around Sound between Sweden Denmark. study demonstrates that, rather than bringing spearhead ideas organization, tends to perpetuate problem citizen participation – comparative evidence suggests same pattern other cooperations EU is characterized a relatively closed network public agencies, chaired few leading pol...