Conditional leadership : the European Commission and European regional policy / Jennifer R. Wozniak Boyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wozniak Boyle, Jennifer R., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Commission.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 291 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Conditional Leadership investigates the European Commission's preferences and tactics in the development of regional policy in the European Union from its inception in 1975 to the most recent reform of 2006, concluding that the Commission has played a central role in designing the European Regional Development Fund and in continuing to shape a new Europe. Jennifer R. Wozniak Boyle argues that the Commission is an independent actor that has consistently utilized the tactics of agenda-setting, mediation, and mobilization of subnational and transnational actors to achieve increased control over a sizeable and focused common regional policy. Offering readers a specification of Commission tactics, a method for determining the influence of the Commission, and an understanding of the conditions of Commission influence, Conditional Leadership is a brilliant achievement that will be of interest to scholars and policy makers alike.

Contents:

2 The Creation of the ERDF 33

3 The 1979 Reform of the ERDF 71

4 The 1985 Reform of the ERDF 107

5 The 1989 Reform of the ERDF 141

6 The 1993 Reform of Regional Policy 183

7 The 1999 Reform of the Structural Funds 225

8 Conditions of Commission Influence 241

9 The Future of Regional Policy 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index.

ISBN:

0739114808

0739114816

OCLC:

64098521

Publisher Number:

9780739114803

9780739114810