Between intergovernmental relations and paradiplomacy: Wales and the Brexit of the regions
Between intergovernmental relations and paradiplomacy: Wales and the Brexit of the regions
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DOI：
10.1177/1369148117725027
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Minto, Rachel
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作者：
Hunt, Jo;Minto, Rachel
英国脱离欧盟是对英国民族国家主权的一种维护。尽管存在这种国家中心主义，但在英国脱欧谈判中，威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰都有各自不同的利益需要保护。本文探讨了在谈判前阶段，威尔士这一地区案例的利益是如何在国内层面通过政府间结构以及在欧盟层面通过准外交得到协调的。我们探究了次国家层面施加影响的结构、威尔士与这些结构的互动以及影响其做法的因素。我们认为，威尔士的行为反映了其“良好的联合主义者”和“良好的欧洲人”的定位。尽管英国内部结构存在缺陷，但威尔士更倾向于在英国（而非欧盟）层面寻求政策影响力。在布鲁塞尔，地区利益影响着英国脱欧的背景。在这里，威尔士专注于提高关注度，强调英国政府并非在英国对脱欧问题拥有“观点垄断权”。
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is an assertion of UK nation-state sovereignty. Notwithstanding this state-centrism, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have distinct interests to protect as part of the Brexit negotiations. This article explores how the interests of one regional case, Wales, were accommodated in the pre-negotiation phase, at a domestic levelthrough intergovernmental structuresand an EU level through paradiplomacy. We explore the structures for sub-state influence, Wales' engagement with these structures and what has informed its approach. We argue that Wales' behaviour reflects its positioning as a Good Unionist' and a Good European'. Despite the weakness of intra-UK structures, Wales has preferred to pursue policy influence at a UK (not an EU) level. In Brussels, regional interests inform the context for Brexit. Here, Wales has focused on awareness-raising, highlighting that the UK Government does not command the monopoly on perspectives' towards Brexit in the United Kingdom.