Transnational Municipalism in a Europe of Second Cities

Ewen, Shane

doi:10.1057/9780230613812_7

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“…On this point, historical works on EM document the role of capital or second cities in shaping cooperative inter-municipal linkages, such as Lyon, 112 Birmingham, 113 and Turin. 114 Even when looking at contemporary inter-municipal networks, the predominance of big cities is evident: the most influential urban networks are made up of a considerable number of medium and large cities, while small-sized localities with a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants are a minority.…”

Section: Participation and Elitismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The municipal gaze on the EU: European municipalism as ideology

Mocca

2021

Journal of Political Ideologies

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The EC/EU has been an eminently nation-led project. However, running in parallel, the European municipalist movement, braiding relations among cities across Europe, has sought to build an influential political role for municipalities within the European polity. The study of European municipal cooperation has become a consolidated thread of research in European and Urban Studies. Nonetheless, contributions on the topic tend to focus on the pragmatic aspects of municipal collaborations, glossing over the ideological foundations of European Municipalism. Therefore, by challenging the dominant scholarly view, this article contends that European Municipalism may be considered as a 'thin-centred' ideology. To support this argument, the ideological structure of European Municipalism is unbundled by throwing light on its conceptual components. As a result, this article construes European Municipalism as a 'thin-centred' political ideology, which postulates universal city-to-city mutualism and proposes a European counterproject built on a polycentric and diffuse conception of power.

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Section: Participation and Elitismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The municipal gaze on the EU: European municipalism as ideology

Mocca

2021

Journal of Political Ideologies

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“…The economically instrumental linkage between supra-national engagement of cities and the objective of urban regeneration has been pointed out by some authors (see Ewen, 2008;Hall, 1993). In particular, in the European context, some scholars have emphasised the importance of EU funding for local redevelopment (Bennington and Harvey, 1994;Ewen, 2008).…”

Section: Urban Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Internationalisation strategies, such as transnational municipalism, have benefited local authorities, especially where the post-industrial recovery is still in fieri, in two main ways. On the one hand, the engagement in international arenas widens cities' reputation, by contributing to build an international profile (Bennington and Harvey, 1994;Betsill and Bulkeley, 2004;Ewen, 2008;Payre and Saunier, 2008). The presence of municipalities at international level supports the development of a new urban image, which is instrumental in attracting inward capital, in form of investments and income from tourists and from a resident professional elite.…”

Section: Urban Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, for European local governments EU funding has provided additional financial resources to support the completion of their post-industrial transition. For instance, some contributions argue that some British second cities have employed EC funding to subsidise local regeneration (Bennington and Harvey, 1994;Ewen, 2008). In effect, specific programmes and funding schemes have been set up by EU institutions to promote municipal sustainability initiatives, such as the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA) 2 , the and URBACT 3 .…”

Section: Urban Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

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City networks for sustainability in Europe: An urban-level analysis

Mocca

2017

Journal of Urban Affairs

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Over the last three decades European cities have strengthened their cooperation at EU level to tackle common problems. The joint action of cities has been particularly concerned with the issue of sustainability, signalled by the establishment of specific municipal networks. Socio-ecological urban networks have attracted growing academic attention. However, existing research presents two main limitations: firstly, it overlooks the urban context, and secondly, it is mainly qualitative, and the few quantitative studies do not provide an exhaustive account of the urban drivers underpinning SEUN membership. This article adopts an urban approach to isolate the urban-level economic, political and institutional factors that impact on the involvement of second-and third-tier cities in European SEUNs. For this, logistic and OLS regression models are used to identify the urban-level factors affecting SEUN membership. The findings show that inter-urban networking in Europe is an economic and political strategy adopted mostly by post-industrial cities to strengthen their profile.

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“…Tourism required a new image to be created for the city. Birmingham Chamber of Commerce embarked on this work early on, and the councillors invested at the international — especially the European — level (Ewen, 2008). More institutional reasons can be put forward.…”

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The Importance of Being Connected. City Networks and Urban Government: Lyon and Eurocities (1990–2005)

Payre

2010

Int J Urban Regional Res

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The international dimension of cities and their role in inter-urban markets and inter-urban competition are now often studied and analysed from the perspective of public policy, urban planning or geography. Yet few studies highlight the political work that goes on in acquiring this dimension. Focusing on an inter-urban network such as Eurocities sheds light on this work and makes it possible to move away from an analysis of the Europeanization of cities in terms of centre and periphery. In this network, a horizontal form of Europeanization can be observed. The article examines this inter-urban network as an inter-urban configuration. The network is based on relationships between city councils, but due to a sort of cluster effect, it becomes more autonomous and - through resources as well as constraints - influences those relationships, indeed influences urban governance. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author. Journal Compilation (c) 2010 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Transnational Municipalism in a Europe of Second Cities

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

The municipal gaze on the EU: European municipalism as ideology

The municipal gaze on the EU: European municipalism as ideology

City networks for sustainability in Europe: An urban-level analysis

The Importance of Being Connected. City Networks and Urban Government: Lyon and Eurocities (1990–2005)

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