EU cohesion policy and spatial governance : territorial, social and economic challenges / edited by Daniel Rauhut, Franziska Sielker, Alois Humer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Humer, Alois, editor.

Rauhut, Daniel, editor.

Sielker, Franziska, 1986- editor.

Series:

Elgar studies in planning theory, policy and practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space in economics.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--European Union countries.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Regional planning--European Union countries.

Regional planning.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"Discussing the ongoing and future challenges of EU Cohesion Policy, this book critically addresses the economic, social and territorial challenges at the heart of the EU's policy. It identifies the multifaceted and dynamic nature of the policy as well as the cohesions goal interlinkage with other policies and considers unresolved questions of strategic importance in territorial governance, urban and regional inequalities, and social aspects and wellbeing. Interdisciplinary perspectives offer well-founded historical views, conceptual thoughts, policy insights and empirical analyses of EU Cohesion Policy, exploring under-represented territorial and spatial perspectives. Fostering a long term, visionary debate, the book looks into the controversial aspects of the policy. It concludes with a rich synthesis of the debate, emphasising three key concerns: disintegration as an alternative to the eroding idea of greater European integration; the discontent of cities and regions due to widening inequalities; the discretion of member states which prevents the EU from engaging more deeply with social issues. With commentaries on each of the key areas provided by top scholars, this book will be an invigorating read for EU policy makers keen to gain a more critical understanding of key issues around territorial, social and economic cohesion. It will also be an insightful read for economic geography, spatial planning, political science, international relations, European studies and social science scholars in general"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface / 1 EU Cohesion Policy and European spatial governance: an introduction to territorial, economic and social challenges / Franziska Sielker, Daniel Rauhut and Alois Humer

2. EU cohesion policy: The past, the present and the future / Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés

Part a territorial governance

3. Territorial governance aspects in the EU's cohesion policy: An Introduction / Alois Humer and Daniel Rauhut

4. Spatial framing within EU cohesion policy and spatial planning: Towards functional and soft spaces, yet on different paths / Eva Purkarthofer and Peter Schmitt

5. Cohesion policy as a driver of Europeanisation: A comparative analysis / Giancarlo Cotella and Marcin Dąbrowski

6. Territorial cohesion and the sea: Experiences from European maritime spatial planning / John Moodie, Franziska Sielker and David Goldsborough

7. Urban policy in European cohesion policy / Karsten Zimmermann and Rob Atkinson

8. European (dis)integration: Implications for the european cohesion policy / Estelle Evrard and Tobias Chilla

9. Commentary: Complex EU cohesion and 'integration mark 2' / Andreas Faludi

Part b urban and regional inequalities

10. Urban and regional inequality aspects of the EU's cohesion policy: An Introduction / Franziska Sielker and Alois Humer

11. Territorial cohesion, polycentrism and regional disparities: Revisiting an unsolved debate / Evert Meijers and Krister Sandberg

12. Can the EU cohesion policy fight peripheralization? / Júlia A. Nagy and József Benedek

13. Does cohesion policy affect territorial inequalities and regional development? / Lionel Védrine and Julie Le Gallo

14. Smart specialisation, peripheries and the EU cohesion policy / Cristina Serbanica

15. What regions benefit from the post-2009-crisis cohesion policy? Evidence from a territorial cohesion development Index / Daniel Rauhut and Nuno Marques da Costa

16. Commentary: Urban and regional inequalities and the architecture of EU cohesion policy / Tomasz Komornicki

Part c social aspects and wellbeing

17. Social aspects in the EU's cohesion policy: An Introduction / Daniel Rauhut and Franziska Sielker

18. EU cohesion policy: Towards grounded cities and regions / Yvonne Franz and Alois Humer

19. Mobility in the danube region: The role of transnational cooperation in addressing challenges of migration / Elisabeth Gruber and Ádám Németh

20. Between markets and social rights: Confused EU housing policies / Iván Tosics and Simone Tulumello

21. Commentary: Social issues and wellbeing in the EU - challenges for cohesion policy / Eduarda Marques da Costa

Part d concluding remarks

22. Unsettled questions of disintegration, discontent and discretion / Alois Humer, Daniel Rauhut and Franziska Sielker

Afterword: Territorial cohesion, a never-ending academic challenge? / Klaus R. Kunzmann

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83910-358-2