All by Themselves? Legislative Regions and the Use of Unmediated Access to the European Level

in European Political Science Review (2014)

Formal Rules and Informal Cooperation: Inter-governmental Relations in Domestic European Policy Making in Comparative Perspective

in Regional and Federal Studies (2014), 24(3),

One of the key elements of the strategies of interest representation of strong legislative regions in EU policy making is active participation in the co-ordination processes within the member state. This ... [more ▼]

One of the key elements of the strategies of interest representation of strong legislative regions in EU policy making is active participation in the co-ordination processes within the member state. This article argues that Europeanization of inter-governmental relations leads to a greater emphasis on cooperation in the formal rules on inter-governmental cooperation in EU affairs. However, when informal practices are taken into account, some member states become more cooperative, others arguably less. This divergence can be explained by the circular interplay of formal and informal practices. [less ▲]

National Parliaments After Lisbon: Towards Mainstreaming of EU Affairs?

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Regional Representations in the EU: Between Diplomacy and Interest Mediation, by C. Rowe

in Journal of Common Market Studies (2012), 50(4), 687-688

Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance—Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union edited by Joan DeBardeleben & Achim Hurrelmann. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 978-0-230-50077-8

in Regional and Federal Studies (2009), 19(2), 321-325

The EU and Russia: Strategic or Short-Sighted Partnership

in Mahncke, Dieter; Gstöhl, Sieglinde (Eds.) Europe’s Near Abroad: Promises and Prospects of the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy (2008)