Abstract
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Danish regional policy has changed dramatically. As of January 1991, all central government incentive schemes were terminated, and since then the main components of spatial economic policy have been a host of regional and local initiatives supplemented by EU structural funds. This chapter investigates the implications of the transformation of regional policy from the perspective of political decentralisation by trying to establish to what extent recent changes have increased the capacity of Danish regions to pursue their own agenda with regard to development. It provides a brief outline of the analytical framework, based primarily on contributions from traditions within policy analysis, network theory and the new institutionalism. In Denmark, however, with limited regional disparities and increasing international competition, the political will to target resources to address geographical imbalances at the expense of competitiveness must be in doubt.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Governance, Institutional Change and Regional Development |
Number of pages | 25 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 5 Feb 2018 |
Edition | 1 |
Pages | 221-245 |
Chapter | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138637597 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315205199 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Feb 2018 |
Bibliographical note
First published 2000 by Ashgate Publishing. Reissued 2018 by Routledge.Keywords
- Danish regional policy
- network theory
- new institutionalism
- policy analysis
- Danish politics