A ‘Europe of the regions’? A view from Liverpool on the Atlantic Arc periphery
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in European Planning Studies
- Vol. 2 (1) , 59-80
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09654319408720247
Abstract
The paper attempts to address recent debates surrounding the supposed emergence of a ‘Europe of the Regions'—from the perspective of a city situated at the core of a lagging region’ on the European periphery, Liverpool. After briefly exploring whether the social and economic regeneration of Liverpool makes sense in this European context, the paper attempts to explain why the city's political participation in Europe has hitherto been relatively limited, drawing upon a combination of economic, social, political and cultural factors. Some of the constraints and choices that the city is facing in its attempts at urban regeneration are used to throw light on broader issues surrounding local and regional development in the European context and political and policy lessons are suggested.Keywords
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