Handbook on cohesion policy in the EU / [edited by] Simona Piattoni, Laura Polverari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piattoni, Simona, 1960-

Polverari, Laura.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European cooperation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (584 pages) ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c. 2016.

Summary:

This ambitious Handbook covers the history, functioning and impact of Cohesion policy, arguably the most tangible presence of the European Union in its twenty-eight member states. The contributions combine world-renowned scholars and country experts to discuss, in five parts, the policy's history and governing principles; the theoretical approaches from which it can be assessed; the inter-institutional and multi-level dynamics that it elicits; 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. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of EU policies and politics and other related disciplines. In particular, they will benefit from the clarity with which the history and functioning of Cohesion policy is laid out. Policy-makers and other practitioners will also find this book of interest, due to its presentation of relevant debates.

Contents:

Introduction / Simona Piattoni and Laura Polverari

Part I

History, principles and theoretical implications of cohesion policy

1. The history and evolution of EU cohesion policy / Marco Brunazzo

2. The institutions and procedures of cohesion policy / Paul Stephenson

3. The economic theory of cohesion policy / Iain Begg

4. Cohesion policy, multilevel governance and democracy / Simona Piattoni

5. Cohesion policy and Europeanisation / Marcin Dabrowski and Paolo R. Graziano

6. Quality of government, regional autonomy and cohesion policy allocations to EU regions / Nicholas Charron

Part II the politics and institutions of cohesion policy

7. The commission and cohesion policy / Ingeborg Tömmel

8. Cohesion policy reform and the evolving role of the council / John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez

9. The European parliament and cohesion policy / Danuta Hübner

10. The committee of the regions and cohesion policy / Justus Schönlau

11. The European court of auditors and cohesion policy / George Karakatsanis and Martin Weber

12. Cohesion policy, EU economic governance and the role of the European investment bank / Rocco L. Bubbico, Angel Catalina Rubianes, Eugenia Kazamaki Ottersten and Maria Siolou

13. Cohesion policy and regional mobilization / Eve Hepburn

14. The impact of cohesion policy on regionalist parties' positions on European integration / Emanuele Massetti, Gediz University and Arjan H. Schakel

Part III cohesion policy and the member states

15. Cohesion policy in the southern periphery / Laura Polverari

16. Cohesion policy in the service economies of the north / David Charles

17. Cohesion policy in the rich central regions / Jörg Balsiger

18. Cohesion policy in the sparsely populated countries / Tatjana Muravska, Aleksandrs Dahs and Janis Aprans

19. Cohesion policy in central and eastern Europe: the challenge of learning / Ilona Pálné Kovács

Part IV cohesion policy and broader European strategies

20. Cohesion policy and rural development / Riccardo Crescenzi and Fabrizio De Filippis

21. Cohesion policy and transportation / Andres Faiña, Jesús Lopéz-Rodriguez and Paulino Montes-Solla

22. Smart specialisation in the reformed EU cohesion policy / Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés

23. Cohesion policy and the green economy / Andrea Lenschow and Jörg Baudner

24. Cohesion policy and territorial cooperation in the EU: from Euroregions to EGTCs and macroregional strategies / Stefan Gänzle

25. EU cohesion policy in the eastern partnership region: a case of external Europeanisation / Attila Ágh and Attila Kovács

26. Cohesion policy and the cities: an ambivalent relationship / Rob Atkinson and Karsten Zimmermann

Part V

Critical perspectives and debates

27. The 'real' principles of cohesion policy / Robert Leonardi and Catalina Holguin

28. Impact assessment of EU cohesion policy: theoretical and empirical issues / Ugo Fratesi

29. Does cohesion policy lead to economic convergence? / Ton Notermans

30. The social dimension of cohesion policy / Valeria Fargion and Stefania Profeti

31. The territoriality of EU cohesion policy / Andreas Faludi

32. Multilevel governance and multiscalar forms of territorialisation / Enrico Gualini.

Notes:

Contributors include: A. Ágh, J. Aprāns, R. Atkinson, J. Bachtler, J. Balsiger, J. Baudner, I. Begg, M. Brunazzo, R.L. Bubbico, A. Catalina Rubianes, D. Charles, N. Charron, R. Crescenzi, M. Dąbrowski, A. Dahs, F. De Filippis, S. Gänzle, D. Hübner, A. Faiña, A. Faludi, V. Fargion, U. Fratesi, P.R. Graziano, E. Gualini, E. Hepburn, C. Holguin, G. Karakatsanis, E. Kazamaki Ottersten, A. Kovács, A. Lenschow, R. Leonardi, J. Lopez-Rodriguez, E. Massetti, P. McCann, C. Mendez, P. Montes-Solla, T. Muravska, T. Notermans, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Pálné Kovács, S. Piattoni, L. Polverari, S. Profeti, A.H. Schakel, J. Schönlau, M.K. Sioliou, P. Stephenson, I. Tömmel, M. Weber, K. Zimmermann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781784715670 (e-book)

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Restricted for use by site license.