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Transnational governance refers to governance that applies beyond the boundaries of sovereign states while stopping short of full intégration at the global level, or global governance. Within a European Union framework, it is both a subset of governance in general and an application of it to situations outside its usual limits of corporate or governmental hierarchies, whether regional or national.[citation needed] When such disparate hierarchies within the EU find common goals, typically within a conterminous geographic area, they seek to achieve them by integrating their various policies and activities. The goals of transnational governance, especially for areas previously divided by the Iron Curtain or pre-EU barriers to free trade and movement of peoples, is to foster economic and social development.[1]

Background

The economic development could be defined as the increase of wealth of a country or a region and the social development could be loosely defined as the improvements of quality of living for the population. Economic and social are, or at least should be, inseparable concepts.[according to whom?] Why reach a high economic development if the inhabitants living in the area don't see any benefits of that improvement?

In the current[

public-private partnerships
(PPPs) is seen as an offshoot of this development.

Critics, however, cite that a dominance of the private sector and the global capital in the world today is dangerous since it tends to undermine international cooperation and equity among states.

Westphalian international order is unable to cope with these transnational threats, calling for multilateral collaboration that does not only involve states but also other international actors such as non-governmental organizations and multinational companies.[5]

Social and economic impact

Reach social and economic developments are already a challenge but it's even more challenging in a transnational area such as the greater region. Some projects were created in order to foster these developments. The operational program Interreg IV A, “grande region” has for main objectives to make the greater region more attractive, encourage innovation, improve the numbers of high quality jobs, etc.

The improvement of the economic and social situation could be analysed through the example of the Vienna-Bratislava-Györ triangle which is a cross border area including three countries (

competitiveness of industry and manufacturing by helping to raise productivity and to expand exports. It has been one of the driving forces behind industrial restructuring in Hungary and Slovakia”.[6]

However, it has to be said to huge economic and social disparities could be seen a real threat to the process leading to the creation of a common identity. For instance, the migration of workers stays underdeveloped because of Austrian fears and restrictions. On one side workers mobility is seen as an important force in enhancing

brain drain
could also appear which will make highly decrease the number of educated people who could have been able to develop and teach regional strategic development plan.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation" (PDF). Cambridge University Press, Edited by Marie-Laure Djelic and Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  2. ISBN 9780415493369
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  3. ^ Ougaard & Leander, p. 181.
  4. ISBN 9781349438426
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  5. ISBN 978-0415563604
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  6. ^ Gabriele Tatzberger, Territorial Cohesion and the European Model of Society (Book), The Vienna-Bratislava-Györ Triangle The European Model of Society in Action, edited by Andreas Faludi

References

Gabriele Tatzberger, Territorial Cohesion and the European Model of Society (Book), The Vienna-Bratislava-Györ Triangle The European Model of Society in Action, edited by Andreas Faludi

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