Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EUSimona Piattoni, Laura Polverari This Handbook covers all major aspects of EU Cohesion policy, one of the most significant areas of intervention of the European Union. Over five parts, It discusses this policy’s history and governing principles; the theoretical approaches from which it can be assessed; the inter-institutional and multi-level dynamics that it tends to elicit; its practical implementation and impact on EU member states; its interactions with other EU policies and strategies; and the cognitive maps and narratives with which it can be associated. An absolute must for all students of the EU. |
Contents
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HISTORY PRINCIPLES AND THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COHESION POLICY | 15 |
1 The history and evolution of Cohesion policy | 17 |
2 The institutions and procedures of Cohesion policy | 36 |
3 The economic theory of Cohesion policy | 50 |
4 Cohesion policy multilevel governance and democracy | 65 |
5 Cohesion policy and Europeanisation | 79 |
6 Quality of government regional autonomy and Cohesion policy allocations to EU regions | 92 |
17 Cohesion policy in the rich central regions | 268 |
18 Cohesion policy in the sparsely populated countries | 285 |
the challenge of learning | 302 |
COHESION POLICY AND BROADER EUROPEAN STRATEGIES | 323 |
20 Cohesion policy and rural development | 325 |
21 Cohesion policy and transportation | 339 |
22 Smart specialisation in the reformed EU Cohesion policy | 359 |
23 Cohesion policy and the green economy | 369 |
THE POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS OF COHESION POLICY | 105 |
7 The Commission and Cohesion policy | 107 |
8 Cohesion policy reform and the evolving role of the Council | 121 |
9 The European Parliament and Cohesion policy | 140 |
10 The European Committee of the Regions and EU Cohesion policy | 156 |
11 The European Court of Auditors and Cohesion policy | 170 |
12 Cohesion policy EU economic governance and the role of the European Investment Bank | 186 |
13 Cohesion policy and regional mobilisation | 203 |
14 The impact of Cohesion policy on regionalist parties positions on European integration | 217 |
COHESION POLICY AND THE MEMBER STATES | 229 |
15 Cohesion policy in the southern periphery | 231 |
16 Cohesion policy in the service economies of the north | 250 |
from Euroregions to European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation EGTCs and macroregional strategies | 384 |
a case of external Europeanisation | 399 |
an ambivalent relationship | 413 |
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND DEBATES | 427 |
27 The real principles of Cohesion policy | 429 |
theoretical and empirical issues | 443 |
29 Does Cohesion policy lead to economic convergence? | 461 |
30 The social dimension of Cohesion policy | 475 |
31 The territoriality of Cohesion policy | 491 |
32 Multilevel governance and multiscalar forms of territorialisation | 506 |
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