This book questions how policies for the metropolis become Europeanised. The book analyses how spatial concepts and political ideas permeate the European multi-level system. Through an interpretive comparison of five contexts, the book provides an overview of the European orientation tracing two interdependent developments. First, the book examines references to 'Europe' in national and subnational policies. In French and German policies, metropolitan regions are increasingly framed as being central not only for inter-municipal coordination, but also as nodes within the European space. Moreover, Europeanised metropolitan regions such as Lyon and Stuttgart develop European strategies. The second development shows how metropolitan regions appear as actors and issues in the European policy arena, contributing to a tentative and implicit metropolitan dimension. This multi-scalar analysis is of interest for scholars and practitioners specialised in metropolitan regions, European urban and regional policies, geography and related areas.

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Table of ContentPreface                                                                                                                                                  ixList of Tables                                                                                                                                         xList of Figures                                                                                                                                       xiAbbreviations and Acronyms                                                                                                               xiiAbstract                                                                                                                                               xivZusammenfassung                                                                                                                              xv 
1Introduction: The European Metropolis in the Making?                                  &a...