The coherence of EU regional policy : contrasting perspectives on the structural funds / edited by John Bachtler and Ivan Turok.

This book brings together a rich selection of up-to-date practical experience of EU regional policy from across Europe. It provides different perspectives on the design and operation of regional development strategies under the Structural Funds, from people closely involved in studying, managing or...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Bachtler, John (Editor), Turok, Ivan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Regional policy and development series ; 17.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Overview of Regional Problems and Policies; 1. Introduction; 2. The Evolution of the Structural Funds; 3. Regional Economic Change in the European Union; Part Two: Regional Development Strategies in the UK; 4. The Effects of EU Regional Policy on Local Institutional Structures and Policies; 5. Inserting a Local Dimension into Regional Programmes: The Experience of Western Scotland; 6. EU Conversion Programmes for Capital Cities: The Case of London.
  • 7. The EU Community Initiatives and the Management of Industrial Change in the UK8. European Regional Policy in English Regions: The West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside; 9. The Implementation of Objective 1 in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland; 10. Environmental Improvement within Regional Economic Development: Lessons from Clydeside; 11. The Impact of the EU Structural Funds on Industrial Development Policy and Practice in Northern Ireland; 12. The Design and Implementation of European Programmes for Regional Development in the UK: A Comparative Review.
  • Part Three: Regional Development Strategies in the Wider Europe13. EU Regional Development Strategies: Comparisons and Contrasts Among Objective 2 Programmes; 14. The Effects of European Regional Policy on the Federal Republic of Germany; 15. Integrated Regional Development under EU Regional Policy: The Dutch Experience; 16. Perspectives on EU Regional Policy from a New Member State: Austria; 17. Implementation of the Objective 6 Programme in Finland and Sweden; Part Four: Lessons and Challenges; 18. Development Programming, Negotiation and Evaluation: Lessons for the Future.
  • 19. UK Policy Perspectives20. French Policy Perspectives; 21. German Policy Perspectives; 22. Conclusions: An Agenda for Reform.