John Loughlin,FAcSS,FLSW (born 1948) is a British-based academic andeducator fromNorthern Ireland, and a noted specialist in European territorial politics.
From 1978-1982 he attended theUlster Polytechnic from which he graduated with BA (Hons) in history and politics. He proceeded to theEuropean University Institute inFlorence, Italy, from which he was awarded a doctorate (Doctor of Political and Social Sciences) in 1987 for a thesis entitledRegionalism and ethnic nationalism in France: a case study of Corsica.[3]
He returned to the Ulster University in 1985 where he remained for six years before moving to theErasmus University of Rotterdam for four years. In 1995 he was appointed professor of European politics at theUniversity of Cardiff.[4] He was a Fellow ofSt Edmund's College where he directed theVon Hügel Institute until his retirement in September 2015. He was also a senior fellow and affiliated lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies of theUniversity of Cambridge.[5]
During his career he held a number of honorary positions at various institutions. These included:
Honorary doctorate,University of Umeå, Sweden (October 2009) "in recognition of his contribution to research in the field of European politics and territorial governance".
Officier,Ordre des Palmes Académiques, France (2010) "in recognition of his research on European politics and his contribution to French language and culture".
He is the author of the authoritativeOxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe,[6] and numerous other books and conference proceedings, published in several languages.
(Edited with Mark Callanan) 'A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government'Edward Elgar, 2021ISBN9781839106637
(Edited with Sandrina Antunes) 'Europeanization and Territorial Politics in Small European Unitary States: A Comparative Analysis' Routledge, 2020ISBN9780367629632
(editor) 'Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Orthodox Perspectives' Bloomsbury Press, 2019ISBN9781350073692
(edited with John Kincaid and Wilfried Swenden)'Routledge Handbook of Regionalism & Federalism', London: Routledge, 2013ISBN9780367581879
(edited with Frank Hendriks and Anders Lidstrom),The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe Oxford University Press, 2010; paperback 2011,ISBN9780199562978
Subnational Government: the French Experience (Macmillan Palgrave, 2007) In 263 libraries according to[7]
(with Mirela Bogdani)Albania and the European Union: The Tumultuous Journey to Integration and Accession, (London: IB Tauris, 2007)
Subnational Democracy in the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities (Oxford University Press, hardcover 2001; paperback 2004)
(with M. Keating and K. Deschouwer),Culture, Institutions and Regional Development: a Study of Eight European Regions, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003)
(edited with Kris Deschouwer),The Transformation of Territorial Governance in the 21st Century, (Brussels: Flemish Academy of Belgium for Arts and Sciences, 2007)
(edited with David Hanley),Spanish Political Parties, (Cardiff: Wales University Press, 2006)
(edited with Alain Delcamp),La décentralisation dans les Etats de l'Union européenne, Coll. Les Etudes, (Paris: La Documentation Française, 2003, 2ième édition)
(edited with Claude Olivesi and F. Daftary),Autonomies Insulaires: vers une politique de différence pour la Corse (Ajaccio: Albiana, 1999)
Regional and local democracy in the European UnionLuxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1999
also published in German asDie regionale und lokale Demokratie in der Europäischen Union 1999
Also published in Danish as:Det regionale og lokale demokrati i Den Europæiske Union. Luxembourg: Kontoret for De Europæiske Fællesskabers Officielle Publikationer, 1999
also published in Dutch asRegionale en lokale democratie in de Europese Unie 1999
also published in French asDémocratie locale et régionale dans l'Union européenne 1999
also published in Portuguese asA democracia regional e local na União Européia 1999
also published in Italian asLa democrazia regionale e locale nell'Unione europea. 1999
(edited with Michael Keating),The Political Economy of Regionalism (London: Routledge, 1997)
(edited withSonia Mazey),The End of the French Unitary State? Ten Years of Regionalization in France (London: Frank Cass Ltd., 1995)[8]
(edited with Arenilla Saez and T. Toonen)Europa de las Regiones: una Perspectiva Intergubernatal (Granada: University of Granada, 1994)
(edited)Southern Europe Studies Guide (Bowker Saur Ltd, London, UK, 1993)
Review, by Richard GillespieWest European politics. 18, no. 2, (1995): 457
(edited with M. Connolly)Public Policy in Northern Ireland: Adoption or adaptation? (Belfast: Policy Research Institute, 1990)
"'Europe of the Regions' and the Federalization of Europe". 1996Publius, pp 141–162
(with Anders Lidstrom, and Chris Hudson. 2005. "The Politics of Local Income Tax in Sweden: Reform and Continuity".Local Government Studies. 31, no. 3: 351
"Reconfiguring the State: Trends in Territorial Governance in European States" (2007)Regional &; Federal Studies. 17, no. 4: 385–403
^Loughlin, John, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidström.The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.ISBN9780199562978OCLC587229800
