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100			_aLawrence, Roger
245			_aBattling for the regions: local government policy networks and the reform of the European structural funds
260			_c2000
300			_ap.58-70
362			_aWinter
520			_aThe recent reform of the European Structural Funds led to a wide-ranging set of lobbying activities on the part of UK regions which felt their previous allocations were likely to be threatened. Much of this activity took place through existing networks or alliances of networks at a national and transnational level. This paper examines the issues at stake in the reforms, the attitudes of the networks to those issues and the need for networks to have a common focus, adequate resources and effective internal communication structures to be effective. - Reproduced
650			_aEuropean union
650			_aLocal government - Great Britain
650			_aLocal government
773			_aLocal Government Studies
909			_a48111
999			_c48111 _d48111