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Borders, visions and regions. The cross-border governance capacity of the Øresund Region. How to improve influence of cross-border regions

Grelck, Jens Bjørn Gefke LU (2021) SGEM08 20202
Department 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
organization
course
SGEM08 20202
year
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
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  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}},
}