Principles of European regionalism
Principles of European regionalism

Contributor(s): Jovan Komšić (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Geopolitics
Published by: Centar za regionalizam
Keywords: decentralisation; regionalisation ; geopolitics; European integrations
Summary/Abstract: It is not possible to give simple and unambiguous answer to the question: Are there clearly articulated and generally applicable European standards of decentralisation and regionalisation of nation states? Nevertheless, we will not put ourselves at great theoretical risk if, at the beginning of analysis of this topic and contents of this study, we find that efforts made toward rehabilitation of failing levers of “the least poor” system of governance of modern states and societies, as well as the construction of “bottom up democracy” mechanism, in the late 20th and early 21st century, resulted in ever so infrequent and less convincing contestations of the view that decentralisation represents not only one of more attractive and acceptable faces of modern democracy, but also the possibility of more effective allocation of economic and overall social resources as well as conflict management in general. In line with this view, the conclusion that in the process of European integrations, regionalisation represents quite significant complementary process to the trends of globalisation and federalisation of European Union is not questionable at all. Certainly, the least problematic, both theoretically and practically, would be the postulation that modern democracy is inconceivable without constitutionally guaranteed and politically and systematically effectuated set of decentralised institutional arrangements

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