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Principals, agents, and the implementation of EU cohesion policy

Journal of European Public Policy, 2005
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyse who controls the implementation of EU cohesion policy. The main argument is that EU control mechanisms are weak and that the goals formulated at the EU level are likely to be remoulded in the implementation process in order to suit the preferences of the implementing actors at the national level.
Jens Blom-Hansen
exaly   +4 more sources

EU Cohesion Policy: the past, the present and the future

2021
This chapter aims at providing an overview of the EU Cohesion Policy. The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy are discussed and so are the main changes, such as the shift in policy-thinking and policy-logic leading to the place-based approach in the aftermath of the Barca-Report.
McCann, Philip, Ortega-Argilés, Raquel
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REFORMING EU COHESION POLICY

Policy Studies, 2007
The aim of this article is to reassess the effectiveness of Cohesion policy. It examines the evidence for the performance of the policy since 1988, with a view to testing four main assumptions: that convergence is taking place at national and regional levels; that Cohesion policy has made a durable contribution to convergence and regional restructuring,
Bachtler, John, Gorzelak, G
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The Reform of the EU's Cohesion Policy

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
An enlarged EU requires a reformulation of the basic structure that has so far characterized the EU's institutions, finances and common policies. This analysis focuses on the proposal that the EU Commission was made to reform the cohesion policy. There are significant economic implications for Spain and the economic agents must properly understand the ...
Jose A. Herce, Sim�n Javier Sosvilla Rivero   +1 more
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