Katharina Zimmermann is Assistant Professor for Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg. Her work focuses on labour market policies and comparative welfare state research from a multilevel perspective.

"Without any doubt, the book written by Zimmermann is a timely intervention into current academic research as well as in public and political discussion on potential effects of cohesion policies in implementing European Union (EU) strategies at the ground level." Journal of Social Policy

• IntroductionSocial and employment policies in Europe from a multilevel perspectiveDomestic responses to European money: a theoretical perspectiveThe research programme in a nutshellComparative insights into local responses to the ESFWhat responses under what conditions? Formal QCA analyses and preliminary interpretationsBeyond numbers: Using case-study insights to support interpretationA broader perspective on local policies and the European Social FundConclusion

Katharina Zimmermann is Assistant Professor for Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg. Her work focuses on labour market policies and comparative welfare state research from a multilevel perspective.

"Without any doubt, the book written by Zimmermann is a timely intervention into current academic research as well as in public and political discussion on potential effects of cohesion policies in implementing European Union (EU) strategies at the ground level." Journal of Social Policy

• IntroductionSocial and employment policies in Europe from a multilevel perspectiveDomestic responses to European money: a theoretical perspectiveThe research programme in a nutshellComparative insights into local responses to the ESFWhat responses under what conditions? Formal QCA analyses and preliminary interpretationsBeyond numbers: Using case-study insights to support interpretationA broader perspective on local policies and the European Social FundConclusion

Katharina Zimmermann is Assistant Professor for Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg. Her work focuses on labour market policies and comparative welfare state research from a multilevel perspective.

"Without any doubt, the book written by Zimmermann is a timely intervention into current academic research as well as in public and political discussion on potential effects of cohesion policies in implementing European Union (EU) strategies at the ground level." Journal of Social Policy

• IntroductionSocial and employment policies in Europe from a multilevel perspectiveDomestic responses to European money: a theoretical perspectiveThe research programme in a nutshellComparative insights into local responses to the ESFWhat responses under what conditions? Formal QCA analyses and preliminary interpretationsBeyond numbers: Using case-study insights to support interpretationA broader perspective on local policies and the European Social FundConclusion