Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU

Edited by Simona Piattoni, Professor of Political Science, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento and Laura Polverari, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Padua, Italy

‘The volume is an important academic contribution at a time, in which the EU is weakened by internal and global political changes, suggesting a need for policy to reinforce EU economic and political cohesion.’

• Contents:IntroductionSimona Piattoni and Laura PolverariPart I History, Principles and Theoretical Implications of Cohesion Policy1. The History and Evolution of Cohesion PolicyMarco Brunazzo2. The Institutions and Procedures of Cohesion PolicyPaul Stephenson3. The Economic Theory of Cohesion PolicyIain Begg4. Cohesion Policy, Multilevel Governance and DemocracySimona Piattoni5. Cohesion Policy and EuropeanisationMarcin Dąbrowski and Paolo R. Graziano6. Quality of Government, Regional Autonomy and Cohesion Policy Allocations to EU RegionsNicholas CharronPart II The Politics and Institutions of Cohesion Policy7. The Commission and Cohesion PolicyIngeborg Tömmel8. Cohesion Policy Reform and the Evolving Role of the CouncilJohn Bachtler and Carlos Mendez 9. The European Parliament and Cohesion Policy Danuta Hübner10. The European Committee of the Regions and EU Cohesion policyJustus Schönlau11. The European Court of Auditors and Cohesion PolicyGeorge Karakatsanis and Martin Weber12. Cohesion Policy, EU Economic Governance and the Role of the European Investment BankRocco L. Bubbico, Angel Catalina Rubianes, Eugenia Kazamaki Ottersten and Maria Siolou13. Cohesion Policy and Regional MobilizationEve Hepburn14. The Impact of Cohesion Policy on Regionalist Parties’ Positions on European IntegrationEmanuele Massetti and Arjan H. SchakelPart III Cohesion Policy and the Member States 15. Cohesion Policy in the Southern Periphery Laura Polverari16. Cohesion Policy in the Service Economies of the NorthDavid Charles17. Cohesion Policy in the Rich Central Regions Jörg Balsiger18. Cohesion Policy in the Sparsely Populated Countries Tatjana Muravska, Jānis Aprāns and Aleksandrs Dahs19. Cohesion Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Challenge of Learning Ilona Pálné KovácsPart IV Cohesion Policy and Broader European Strategies20. Cohesion Policy and Rural DevelopmentRiccardo Crescenzi and Fabrizio De Filippis21. Cohesion Policy and TransportationAndres Faiña, Jesús Lopéz-Rodriguez and Paulino Montes-Solla22. Smart Specialisation in the Reformed EU Cohesion PolicyPhilip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés23. Cohesion Policy and the Green EconomyAndrea Lenschow and Jörg Baudner24. New Strategic Approaches to Territorial Cooperation in Europe: from Euro-regions to European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and Macro-regional StrategiesStefan Gänzle25. EU Cohesion Policy in the Eastern Partnership Region: A Case of External EuropeanisationAttila Ágh and Attila Kovács26. Cohesion Policy and the Cities: An Ambivalent RelationshipRob Atkinson and Karsten ZimmermannPart V Critical Perspectives and Debates 27. The ‘Real’ Principles of Cohesion PolicyRobert Leonardi and Catalina Holguin28. Impact Assessment of EU Cohesion Policy: Theoretical and Empirical IssuesUgo Fratesi29. Does Cohesion Policy Lead to Economic Convergence?Ton Notermans30. The Social Dimension of Cohesion PolicyValeria Fargion and Stefania Profeti31. The Territoriality of Cohesion PolicyAndreas Faludi32. Multilevel Governance and Multiscalar Forms of TerritorialisationEnrico GualiniIndex