Cooperating or bypassing the member state? Paradiplomacy of the Visegrád regions in Brussels.

• Název práce v češtině: Kooperace či obcházení členských států? Paradiplomacie Visegrádských regionů v Bruselu
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Cooperating or bypassing the member state? Paradiplomacy of the Visegrád regions in Brussels.
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Paradiplomacy, regional mobilisation, multi-level governance, regional offices, cohesion policy, Visegrád Group, European Union, region, party politics, political conflict
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2019/2020
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra evropských studií (23-KZS)
• Vedoucí / školitel: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 24.06.2020
• Datum zadání: 24.09.2020
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 21.09.2021 09:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: Pekařská 16, JPEK106, 106, Malá učebna, 1.patro
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 01.08.2021
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 21.09.2021
• Oponenti: Francisco Javier Arregui Moreno, Dr.

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More and more attention is paid in the academic debate to the issue of sub-state entities, represented by regional governments, as partially independent actors of international politics. This phenomenon, referred to as paradiplomacy, is particularly visible in the European Union, where since 1980s regional governments have been mobilising to gain direct influence on the shape of European politics. A regional government that acts as an agent of European politics may or may not be actively supported by its central government. This thesis tries to investigate the relationship between the direct representations of the Visegrád Group regions in Brussels and their respective national Permanent Representations. In the first chapter, I discuss the theoretical issues related to regional mobilisation in Brussels by referring to the work of researchers who deal with multi- level governance in the context of the European Union. In the second chapter, I present and justify the choice of research design, case studies, and semi-structured interviews as the main source of obtaining data necessary to answer the research question. In the third chapter, I included the analysis of the obtained information, and in the fourth chapter, the conclusions drawn from it. This research shows that direct regional representations to Brussels are, in the case of centralised Visegrád countries, dependent on the help and assistance provided by the national level representation. On the other hand, cooperation between regional and national authorities may be strongly influenced by the internal political conflict in these Member States.