New Publication “ A Macro-regional Europe in the Making"

Dr Irene McMaster and Dr Arno van der Zwet of the EPRC contributed to a new publication on development and implications of macro-regional strategies in the EU. The book examines whether macro-regional strategies are helpful instruments for improving actor-policy linkages at the European, member/partner countries, and sub-national levels, and whether the objective of social, economic and territorial cohesion can be fulfilled through these strategies. Irene and Arno's chapter reviews the role of macro-regional strategies as an instrument of EU Cohesion policy their design and implementation to date, and the theoretical and policy issues surrounding their use.