TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a territorial political capacity approach for studying European regions
AU - Cole, Alistair Mark
AU - Harguindéguy, Jean Baptiste Paul
AU - Pasquier, Romain
AU - Stafford, Ian
AU - de Visscher, Christian
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Leverhulme Trust grant (IN-2012-109) and Collegium de Lyon (Senior Fellowship, 2014).
PY - 2021/3/15
Y1 - 2021/3/15
N2 - This article proposes a framework for studying the territorial political capacity of regions in Europe. The proposed framework identifies three main dimensions of territorial political capacity. Mainly material indicators include institutions and institutional resources. Mixed material and constructed indicators centre on causal mechanisms of party and leadership capacity. Mainly constructed indicators are drawn from territorial praxis. Understanding a region requires combining different levels of analysis and distinctive ways of knowing; broad-based (quasi-statistical) variables facilitate comparison, while the focus on resilience and capacity requires primary data collection, drilling down into the practices of comparable panels of actors. This article discusses this framework in relation to four European regions that were the object of empirical investigation in 2012–2014: namely Brittany (France), Andalusia (Spain), Wallonia (Belgium) and Wales (United Kingdom). It contributes to the conceptualization of comparative territorial capacity, in a manner distinct from, but largely consistent with the Regional Authority Index.
AB - This article proposes a framework for studying the territorial political capacity of regions in Europe. The proposed framework identifies three main dimensions of territorial political capacity. Mainly material indicators include institutions and institutional resources. Mixed material and constructed indicators centre on causal mechanisms of party and leadership capacity. Mainly constructed indicators are drawn from territorial praxis. Understanding a region requires combining different levels of analysis and distinctive ways of knowing; broad-based (quasi-statistical) variables facilitate comparison, while the focus on resilience and capacity requires primary data collection, drilling down into the practices of comparable panels of actors. This article discusses this framework in relation to four European regions that were the object of empirical investigation in 2012–2014: namely Brittany (France), Andalusia (Spain), Wallonia (Belgium) and Wales (United Kingdom). It contributes to the conceptualization of comparative territorial capacity, in a manner distinct from, but largely consistent with the Regional Authority Index.
KW - capacity
KW - comparison
KW - decentralisation
KW - Devolution
KW - Europe
KW - regions
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U2 - 10.1080/13597566.2018.1548440
DO - 10.1080/13597566.2018.1548440
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85057224464
SN - 1359-7566
VL - 31
SP - 261
EP - 284
JO - Regional and Federal Studies
JF - Regional and Federal Studies
IS - 2
ER -