Cross-Border Governance: Balancing Formalized and Less Formalized Co-Operations

Social Sciences

Kristina Zumbusch¹  Roland Scherer² 

[1] Institute of Systemic Management and Public Governance, University of St. Gallen, Dufourstrasse 40a, St. Gallen 9000, Switzerland; E-Mail

关键词: cross-border co-operation;    cross-border governance;    formalization of co-operations;    Lake Constance Region;    Upper Rhine region;   

DOI  :  10.3390/socsci4030499

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The paper analyses cross-border co-operation with regard to its degree of formalization. Herewith, the focus is not on single cross-border organizations, but on the encompassing governance systems in the respective regions. That means that the specific combination of differently organized cross-border arrangements is analyzed. Cross-border governance systems are facing multiple governance challenges which ask either for a certain degree of institutionalization or for more informal solutions. Based on an empirical comparison of the two experienced, but differently organized, cross-border regions in Europe the Lake Constance Region and the Upper-Rhine Region, the paper illustrates that the organizational variation of cross-border governance systems show specific patterns. From these findings, first arguments are deduced for balancing formalized and more informal co-operations in cross-border governance systems.

【 授权许可】

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