Paradiplomacy in Poland Regional Foreign Activities in a Changing World

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Paradiplomacy – Foundations and Research Landscape

1.1. Terminological Dilemmas

1.2. Defining Paradiplomacy

1.3. Paradiplomacy Research: A Global Perspective

1.4. Paradiplomacy Research in Poland

Conclusions

Chapter 2. Priorities of International Cooperation of Polish Regions

2.1. The Construction of Polish Self-government

2.2. Government Support for Paradiplomacy

2.3. The Legal Basis of Paradiplomacy

2.4. Determinants of Cooperation

2.5. Core Objectives of Cooperation

2.6. Geographic Focus of Cooperation

Conclusions

Chapter 3. Institutional Dimensions of Regional Paradiplomacy

3.1. Structures in Marshal’s Offices for Coordinating International Cooperation

3.2. Regional Parliament Committees for International Cooperation

3.3. Regional Representations (Offices) in Brussels

Conclusions

Chapter 4. Bilateral Cooperation in Practice – Case Studies

4.1. Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia)region

4.2. Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia-Pomerania) region

4.3. Lubelskie (Lublin) region

4.4. Lubuskie (Lubusz) region

4.5. Łódzkie (Lodz) region

4.6. Małopolskie (Lesser Poland) region

4.7. Mazowieckie (Masovia) region

4.8. Opolskie (Opole) region

4.9. Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia) region

4.10. Podlaskie (Podlachia) region

4.11. Pomorskie (Pomerania) region

4.12. Śląskie (Silesia) region

4.13. Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) region

4.14. Warmińsko-Mazurskie (Warmia-Masuria) region

4.15. Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland) region

4.16. Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania) region

Conclusions

Chapter 5. Engagement in International Associations

5.1. Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia) region

5.2. Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia-Pomerania) region

5.3. Lubelskie (Lublin) region

5.4. Lubuskie (Lubusz) region

5.5. Łódzkie (Lodz) region

5.6. Małopolskie (Lesser Poland) region

5.7. Mazowieckie (Masovia) region

5.8. Opolskie (Opole) region

5.9. Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia) region

5.10. Podlaskie (Podlachia) region

5.11. Pomorskie (Pomerania) region

5.12. Śląskie (Silesia) region

5.13. Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) region

5.14. Warmińsko-Mazurskie (Warmia-Masuria) region

5.15. Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland) region

5.16. Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania) region

Conclusions

Chapter 6. Regional Partnerships in the Dominant Directions

6.1. Paradiplomacy between Poland and Ukraine

Conclusions

6.2. Paradiplomacy between Poland and China

Conclusions

Conclusion

Bibliography

1. Legal Acts and Source Documents of Local Self-Governments

2. Books and Monographs

3. Articles and Reviews in Scientific Journals and Chapters in Books

Biography

Wojciech Tomasz Modzelewski, PhD, is an associate professor at the Institute of Political Science, Division of International Political Relations and International Security, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. He has authored or co-authored 14 monographs and more than 100 scholarly articles. His research focuses on the foreign activities of Polish local governments, regional cooperation, Poland’s foreign policy, and international security. He is a pioneer and promoter of the concept of paradiplomacy in Polish academia, as demonstrated by his habilitation dissertation, Paradiplomacy of Regions: A Study of the Voivodeships of Eastern Poland (Olsztyn, 2016).