Visions and Strategies in European Integration A North European Perspective [Paperback]

The first years of the 90s have witnessed thorough politicaland economic changes in northern Europe. The long period ofstrong political separation between east and west and theless strong economic separation between the northern andsouthern sides of the Baltic Sea seemed to be replaced byfar-reaching integration. There is no doubt that furtherintegration will have additional impacts on the regionalpatterns in northern Europe. The amplitude and compositionof these changes are difficult to project.In this volume a number of scholars in regional science andrelated disciplines (geography, economics, environmental andpolitical sciences, planning) have brought togetherimportant material on the current processes that reshapesnorthern Europe. Visions andstrategies on local, nationaland supranational levels are penetrated in depth. A mosaic vision of the regional development pattern emergeshighlighting the importance of cooperative and competitivestrategies affecting the local conditions of Europeanregions.1 Visions and Strategies in European Integration  An Introduction.- I Integration and Regional Development.- 2 Perspectives of Regional Economic Development Around the Baltic.- 3 Regional Development in Western Europe: A Mosaic Model.- 4 Regionalism or Federalism? Two Visions of a New Europe.- 5 European Integration and the Effects on Regional Development in Norway.- II Integration in the Network Economy.- 6 European Integration and Foreign Investment: The Regional Implications.- 7 Empirical Investigations of Political Interregional Economic Development.- 8 Commercial Relations in the Baltic Rim Region in an Integration/Network Perspective.- 9 Location and Internationalization of Small Firms.- III Integration and Environmental Sustain Ability.- 10 What about Nature in Regional Science?.- 11 Baltic Region Integration in & through Modelling: Perception, l(