Baltic Sea regional integration: water protection, university co-operation – and agriculture?
Baltic Sea regional integration: water protection, university co-operation – and agriculture?
Author(s): Stefan EwertSubject(s): Regional Geography, International relations/trade
Published by: Asociatia Romana pentru Studii Baltice si Nordice
Keywords: Baltic Sea Region; Neo-Functionalism; Regionalization; Spill-over; Agricultural policy;
Summary/Abstract: Research on Baltic Sea region building processes emphasizes the discursive elements of the emergence of the region in the beginning of the 1990s, yet lacks the analysis of policy-specific developments of regional integration around the Baltic Sea. My article argues that the neo-functionalist approach opens useful insights in order to understand these developments. Starting from marine environment protection as a nucleus of regional integration, I demonstrate spill-over effects to the field of education policy and higher education co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region. Following this, I analyze why there are no spill-over effects to the adjacent policy area of agriculture up to now.
Journal: Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice
- Issue Year: 5/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 7-24
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English