Economic, legal and technological Facets of the European Union's regional Policies in a networked World

Abstract

The immediate and future realities of a globalized and networked knowledge society based on information gathering and sharing impose a broader and more complex analysis of the economic, juridical, and technological aspects related to a future-proof and efficient development of regional policies in the European Union. In this context, the article identifies and presents new requirements and constraints for the design of EU regional policies from a multidisciplinary perspective. Thus, the problems related to decentralization and the modern relational nature of “social geography” are tackled and connected to technological trends in the field of electronic communications regulation and development.