EU Cohesion Policy after Enlargement

by Marek, Dan; Baun, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780230524729
• ISBN10: 0230524729
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book presents the first major comparative study of EU Cohesion policy after the May 2004 enlargement and the 2006 Cohesion policy reform. Using a balanced selection of case studies from both old and new member states, it examines the implementation of EU Cohesion policy in an enlarged and increasingly differentiated Europe.

Author Biography

MICHAEL BAUN is Marguerite Langdale Pizer Professor of International Politics at Valdosta State University, USA. He has published widely on the EU and European politics, including several journal articles on EU cohesion policy. He is co-editor with Katja Weber and Michael E. Smith of Governing Europes Neighborhood: Partners or Periphery?

DAN MAREK is Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Politics in the Department of Politics and European Studies, Palack University, Czech Republic. He is the author of several books and numerous articles published in journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies and Regional and Federal Studies.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Cohesion Policy Pre- and Post-Enlargement	p. 15
The United Kingdom	p. 34
Germany	p. 52
Spain	p. 73
Ireland	p. 96
Greece	p. 121
Poland	p. 141
The Czech Republic	p. 165
Hungary	p. 187
Lithuania	p. 205
Romania	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 248
Bibliography	p. 270
Index	p. 291
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