Faßmann / Fassmann / Rauhut Services of General Interest and Territorial Cohesion

European Perspectives and National Insights
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0471-4
Verlag: V&R unipress
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E-Book, Englisch, 275 Seiten

European societies and economies continue to rely on Services of General Interest (SGI) to produce legitimacy. Fair access to basic services such as transport, energy and communication infrastructures, education and health care is regarded as a cornerstone of the ‘European Model of Society’, as a way to promote Territorial Cohesion and lastly, as a right held by every EU citizen. These collective, regional and individual perspectives on Services of General Interest are in the focus of this edited volume. In the light of postmodern societies, demographic aging, migratory patterns, globalization and economic crises territorially sensitive challenges arise and targeted solutions are needed accordingly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faßmann, Heinz

Fassmann, Heinz

Rauhut, Daniel

Marques Da Costa, Eduarda

Humer, Alois

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bjørnsen, Hild Marte

Borges, Lucisane

Constantin, Daniela-Luninita

Dardala, Adriana

de Ruffray, Sophie

Faludi, Andreas

Ferencsik, Istvan

Foss, Olaf

Grosu, Raluca Mariana

Gruber, Elisabeth

Hamez, Gregory

Herteliu, Claudiu

Johannesson, Hjalti

Johansen, Steinar

Marques da Costa, Nuno

Milbert, Antonia

Milstein, Alexander

Palma, Pedro

Smith, Christopher J.

Stead, Dominic

Stepniak, Marcin

Velasco Echeverria, Xabier

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Body;7
5;Preface;7
6;Introduction;9
7;Heinz Fassmann, Daniel Rauhut, Eduarda Marques da Costa and Alois Humer: Introduction: Contextual, legal and policy perspectives on Services of General Interest;11
7.1;1. On the terminology of SGI;11
7.2;2. Understanding the current debate on SGI;13
7.3;3. The contributions to this edited volume;16
7.4;4. Outlook;20
7.5;References;22
8;Part I: European Perspectives;25
9;Alexander Milstein: Chapter 1: The Legal Aspects of SGI;27
9.1;1. Introduction;27
9.2;2. The nature of EU law;28
9.2.1;2.1. Primary and secondary law;29
9.2.2;2.2. Doctrines of direct effect and absolute supremacy;29
9.3;3. EU Competences for the regulation of SGI;30
9.3.1;3.1. The principle of conferral;30
9.3.2;3.2. Services of General Interest;30
9.4;4. EU Competition law;33
9.4.1;4.1. Regulations for undertakings;33
9.4.2;4.2. State aid;35
9.4.3;4.3. Sector-specific regulations;37
9.5;5. Special provisions for SGEI;38
9.5.1;5.1. The derogation from Competition law;39
9.5.2;5.2. Exemptions for State aid;40
9.5.3;5.3. SGEI and Territorial Cohesion: Towards a new horizon?;41
9.6;6. Conclusion;43
9.7;References;44
10;Hild Marte Bjørnsen, Olaf Foss and Steinar Johansen: Chapter 2: The concept and definition of SGI;49
10.1;1. Introduction;49
10.2;2. SGI: An EU-specific policy concept in the making;50
10.3;3. SGI at the centre of European political change and debate;51
10.4;4. Tentative definitional aspects and types of SGI as implied in EU documents;52
10.5;5. Making a definition of SGI operational: Some relevant issues and questions;54
10.6;6. Selected theoretical references of potential interest for defining and assessing SGI;57
10.6.1;6.1. The concept of public interest and the justification of public services;57
10.6.2;6.2. The emphasis on market failure as justification for public intervention in the economy;58
10.6.3;6.3. Additional and competing justification for public intervention in the economy;60
10.7;7. Towards a tentative operational definition of SGI for analytical purposes;62
10.8;8. Concluding remarks;66
10.9;Literature;68
11;Alois Humer, Daniel Rauhut and Heinz Fassmann: Chapter 3: Drivers of the Provision of SGI;73
11.1;1. Introduction;73
11.2;2. EU standards and the designers of SGI provision;74
11.3;3. Dynamic conditions of SGI provision: space and time;78
11.4;4. The embeddedness of SGI provision into political systems;80
11.5;5. The driving systems of SGI provision;81
11.5.1;5.1. Interactive drivers of SGI provision: economy and society;81
11.5.2;5.2. Determining drivers of SGI provision: demography and environment;83
11.6;6. Discussion;84
11.7;7. Conclusions;86
11.8;References;87
12;Eduarda Marques da Costa, Pedro Palma and Nuno Marques da Costa: Chapter 4: Regional Disparities of SGI provision;91
12.1;1. Introduction;92
12.2;2. Some factors in the provision of SGI;95
12.3;3. Provision and disparities of SGI;101
12.3.1;ICT Telecom (Information and Communications Technologies);101
12.3.2;Transport infrastructure;102
12.3.3;Education;105
12.3.4;Health;109
12.4;4. Peripheral territories and SGI;111
12.5;5. Typology: a proposal;114
12.5.1;Cluster 1;115
12.5.2;Cluster 2;117
12.5.3;Cluster 3;117
12.5.4;Cluster 4;117
12.6;6. Conclusions;118
12.7;References;120
13;Luciane Aguiar Borges, Alois Humer and Christopher J. Smith: Chapter 5: Europe's possible SGI futures: Territorial settings and potential policy paths;123
13.1;1. Introduction: Territorial Cohesion, SGI and uncertain futures;123
13.2;2. Looking into the future: the research process;125
13.2.1;Step 1: Interviews with external experts;126
13.2.2;Step 2: Experts workshop 1;127
13.2.3;Step 3: Expert workshop 2;129
13.2.4;SGI futures;131
13.2.5;SGI in a Competitive Europe;132
13.2.6;SGI in a Social Europe;133
13.2.7;SGI in a Green Europe;134
13.3;3. Assessing the scenarios for different types of territory;138
13.3.1;3.1. Provision of SGI at the national level, NUTS 0;140
13.3.2;3.2. Provision of SGI at regional level (NUTS 2);141
13.3.3;3.3. SGI provision for different types of territory under different socio-economic policy regimes;142
13.4;4. Final Considerations;143
13.5;References;144
14;Part II: National Insights;147
15;Elisabeth Gruber, Heinz Fassmann and Alois Humer: Chapter 6: Demographic change changing SGI demands: The example of Austria;149
15.1;1. Introduction;149
15.2;2. Demographic change challenging SGI provision;150
15.2.1;2.1 The general demographic development;150
15.2.2;2.2 The spatial differentiation;151
15.2.3;2.3 Demography driven SGI challenges;152
15.2.3.1;Shrinking base of customers;152
15.2.3.2;Changing age structure and growing diversity;155
15.3;3. SGI provision in Austria;157
15.3.1;3.1 General features: High but endangered levels of SGI provision;157
15.3.2;3.2 Adaption processes on a changing SGI demand;159
15.3.2.1;Inter-municipal cooperation;159
15.3.2.2;Supporting and maintaining local retail;160
15.3.2.3;Voluntary engagement and self-organisation;160
15.3.3;3.3 Accepting regional disparities: Farewell to equal standards;161
15.4;4. Outlook;162
15.5;References;164
16;Hjalti Jóhannesson: Chapter 7: Provision and Development of SGI at the Edge: The Case of Iceland;167
16.1;1. Introduction;167
16.2;2. The case study setting and its context;167
16.3;3. Data and methodology;169
16.4;4. General characteristics of service provision in Iceland;169
16.4.1;Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI);170
16.4.2;Social services of general interest (SSGI);173
16.5;5. Survey among municipalities in Northeast Iceland 2012.;176
16.6;6. Discussion;180
16.7;7. Conclusions;183
16.8;References;185
17;Xabier Velasco Echeverría: Chapter 8: EU influenced modernisation and austerity: The case of SGI in Spain;187
17.1;1. Introduction;187
17.2;2. Services of General Economic Interest;188
17.3;3. Social Services of General Interest;194
17.4;4. Overlapping competences and measures taken;199
17.5;5. Lessons learnt;202
17.6;6. Conclusions;202
17.7;References;203
18;Daniela-Luminita Constantin, Raluca Mariana Grosu, Claudiu Herteliu and Adriana Dardala: Chapter 9: Regional disparities and equal access to healthcare: A case study of Romania;209
18.1;1. Introduction;209
18.2;2. Regional Development Disparities in Romania. The Situation of the North-East Region;212
18.3;3. Interregional and Intraregional (North-East region) Disparities in Terms of Healthcare;214
18.3.1;3.1. Overall Considerations;214
18.3.2;3.2. Healthcare Disparities Analysis;214
18.4;4. Concluding Remarks;217
18.5;References;218
19;István Ferencsik, Antonia Milbert and Marcin Stepniak: Chapter 10: Accessibility of SGI in urban, suburban and remote areas – a regional comparison in Germany, Poland and Hungary;221
19.1;1. Introduction;221
19.2;2. Measuring accessibility of SGI;222
19.3;3. Case studies;224
19.3.1;3.1. Mazovia, Poland;224
19.3.2;3.2. The Ruhrgebiet, Germany;229
19.3.3;3.3. Dél-Alföld, Hungary;234
19.4;4. Conclusions and Outlook;236
19.5;References;239
20;Gregory Hamez and Sophie de Ruffray: Chapter 11: Socio-spatial accessibility to Social SGI: France & The Greater Region;243
20.1;1. Introduction;243
20.2;2. The socio-spatial dimension of Social SGI;244
20.2.1;2.1. What is the territorial impact of services?;244
20.2.2;2.2. The prerequisites for a measure of areas of influence of the services;246
20.3;3. Objectives of equity in Social SGI;247
20.4;4. The accessibility measure in maternity hospitals in the Greater Region;250
20.5;5. Towards a typology of accessibility to maternity hospitals;251
20.6;6. Conclusion;253
20.7;References;254
21;Conclusions;257
22;Andreas Faludi, Dominic Stead and Alois Humer: Conclusions: Services of General Interest, Territorial Cohesion and Competitiveness in Europe;259
22.1;1. Services of General Interest and Territorial Cohesion: French roots;260
22.2;2. The different notions of SGI in European national social models;261
22.3;3. A territorially sensitive SGI provision, also under `Europe 2020';264
22.4;References;265
23;List of Authors;269

Über Autor(innen)

Faßmann, Heinz
Prof. Dr. Heinz Fassmann ist Direktor des Instituts für Stadt- und Regionalforschung und Vizerektor für Forschung und Internationales an der Universität Wien.