Borders, visions and regions. The cross-border governance capacity of the Øresund Region. How to improve influence of cross-border regions
(2021) SGEM08 20202Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- In recent years, cross-border regions have been challenged by multiple levels governance creating barriers rather than solutions to support cross-border spaces. This study aims at inquiring how the role of cross-border regions is changing in relation to their governance capacity. Governance capacity relates to actions, practices and visions of such regions. Through investigating a case study in the Øresund Region, the study analyses how the reorganisation of a cross-border institution leads to a new type of governance capacity. The empirical insights of the thesis were collected through stakeholder interviews and desktop research. In this case study, I challenge traditional state-centred views of space, and instead suggest that there is a... (More)
- In recent years, cross-border regions have been challenged by multiple levels governance creating barriers rather than solutions to support cross-border spaces. This study aims at inquiring how the role of cross-border regions is changing in relation to their governance capacity. Governance capacity relates to actions, practices and visions of such regions. Through investigating a case study in the Øresund Region, the study analyses how the reorganisation of a cross-border institution leads to a new type of governance capacity. The empirical insights of the thesis were collected through stakeholder interviews and desktop research. In this case study, I challenge traditional state-centred views of space, and instead suggest that there is a need to change the national political discourse in order to benefit from cross-border regions. (Less)
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- author
- Grelck, Jens Bjørn Gefke LU
- supervisor
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- Teis Hansen LU
- organization
- course
- SGEM08 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Øresund, cross-border regions, Greater Copenhagen, governance capacity, rescaling, institutional reorganization
- language
- English
- id
- 9036236
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-19 08:57:18
- date last changed
- 2021-01-19 08:57:18
@misc{9036236, abstract = {{In recent years, cross-border regions have been challenged by multiple levels governance creating barriers rather than solutions to support cross-border spaces. This study aims at inquiring how the role of cross-border regions is changing in relation to their governance capacity. Governance capacity relates to actions, practices and visions of such regions. Through investigating a case study in the Øresund Region, the study analyses how the reorganisation of a cross-border institution leads to a new type of governance capacity. The empirical insights of the thesis were collected through stakeholder interviews and desktop research. In this case study, I challenge traditional state-centred views of space, and instead suggest that there is a need to change the national political discourse in order to benefit from cross-border regions.}}, author = {{Grelck, Jens Bjørn Gefke}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Borders, visions and regions. The cross-border governance capacity of the Øresund Region. How to improve influence of cross-border regions}}, year = {{2021}}, }