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.

Offers a comprehensive account of the Europeanization of metropolitan policies, from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining urban studies and policy analysis Includes detailed, unpublished results of original research and an in-depth analysis of changing metropolitan policies in five contexts Uses an innovative approach to understanding the European multi-level policy

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Preface.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Abbreviations and Acronyms.- Abstract.- Zusammenfassung.- 1) Introduction: The European Metropolis in the Making?.- 2) The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies.- 3) Theorising Europeanisation as Policy Learning and Reframing.- 4) Understanding Metropolitan Policies from a Comparative-Interpretive Perspective.- 5) Europeanising Metropolitan Regions: The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies in Lyon and Stuttgart.- 6) The European Dimension of French and German Metropolitan Policies.- 7) Metropolitan Policies of the European Union.- 8) Comparing the European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies from an Interpretive Perspective.- 9) Concluding Reflections on Europeanising Metropolitan Policies.- Appendices.- Appendix A) Examples of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires.- Appendix B) List of Interview Partners.- Appendix C) Overview of Selected Documents from the European Union Context.- Appendix D) Example Coding Tree.- References.