Presents case study analysis of developments in the European Union and its member states to reveal how strategic management is being applied in practice

Demonstrates how multi-level involvement, participation issues and different national contexts affect the application of strategic management.

Paul Joyce is Associate at the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. He is also an Affiliated Researcher in the Department of Public Management at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and Visiting Professor at Leeds Beckett University, UK.