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Government Formation and the International Strategies of Wales, Scotland and Bavaria. Francesca Dickson [email protected]. The project. Autonomous, diplomatic activities Within/without the EU sphere Comparative, qualitative analysis based on elite semi-structured interviews - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Government Formation and the International Strategies of Wales, Scotland and Bavaria
Francesca [email protected]
The project
• Autonomous, diplomatic activities• Within/without the EU sphere• Comparative, qualitative analysis based on elite
semi-structured interviews• Key variable: government formation/political
control• ‘Sliding scale’ in terms of legislative power,
regional/national identity, economic strength• Further contrast of federal vs. devolved system
Key questions: I want to find out…
1. Whether, and in what ways, the international environment offers a ‘space’ for the fulfillment of disparate sub-state government priorities
2. Whether ‘paradiplomacy’ – or quasi foreign policy - has been established as part of the political context in strong/powerful regions
3. Whether these regions can be said to constitute an ‘international actor’ of any real significance
Emerging themes I
• Sub-state governments seem uniquely placed to both access and provide particular international goods– Scale of sub-state government: offers valuable nodal
points to external actors– ‘Free-riding’? Skirting around/below controversy?– Selectivity of international engagement: emphasizing
distinctiveness where there are positive connotations, deferring to state-wide competence when there is nothing to be gained
– Context: scrutiny? Parliamentary/Media?
Emerging themes II
• These qualities combine to create a distinct (perhaps privileged?) international operational space.– Unregulated, non-statutory, only loosely
institutionalized (interesting contrast re. EU sphere)– Defined and expanded primarily – not exclusively-
through their interactions with one another– Differentiated links with domestic polity building– Draws on multiple sources of legitimacy:
particularity and functionalism
Summary
• Sub-State actors exhibit particular types of international behaviors– Displaying qualities both similar to and different
from state-level interactions– They also seem uniquely placed to both access
and provide particular international goods• ‘Free riding’ on the FP and resources of their host
state? International relations ‘a la carte’?• Scale of SSG provides valuable nodal points: fast-
tracked access to policy-making machinery and the good of international association
Canolfan Llywodraethiant CymruWales Governance Centre
www.cf.ac.uk/[email protected]