Cohesion Policy in the European Union

This volume assesses the implementation of the EU's cohesion policy and the role that the policy has in stimulating ten new member states from eastern and southern European countries to join the EU in 2004 and another three to four countries that will join in the near future.

Autorentext
ROBERT LEONARDI is Jean Monnet Senior Lecturer in the European Institute Department at the London School of Economics, UK

Inhalt
Preface; R.Prodi Cohesion and Regional Policies in the European Union The CSF Revolution: The Origins and Structure of EU Cohesion Policy Cohesion Policy as Learning: The Planning Process and Administrative Responses Have Regions Converged? Sigma and Beta Convergence in Objective 1 and Other EU Regions between 1988 and 1999 Is the Italian Mezzogiorno in line with the other Objective 1 Regions in Europe? The Challenge of Enlargement and Cohesion in the Ten New Member States Conclusions: The Constitutionalization of the European Union and the Future of Cohesion Policy