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EU Cohesion Policy
A Multidisciplinary Approach
9781802209396 Edward Elgar Publishing
This engaging and topical book comprehensively explores the complexities surrounding the EU Cohesion Policy, which has been addressing regional and urban development across Europe since the 1980s. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it not only considers the goals of this long-term investment policy, which is to reduce territorial disparities between Member States and their regions, but also considers the role it plays in the European integration process and the challenges the EU will face in its future.
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This engaging and topical book comprehensively explores the complexities surrounding the EU Cohesion Policy, which has been addressing regional and urban development across Europe since the 1980s. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it considers the goals of this long-term investment policy, which is to reduce territorial disparities between Member States and their regions, and its role in the European integration process.
Bringing together contributions from an interdisciplinary team of eminent scholars and policy practitioners, chapters offer expert analysis of the disciplinary genealogies of the EU Cohesion Policy, its contemporary issues, and perceptive reflections on its future. The book provides keen insights into current academic-policy debates, and a deeper understanding of the EU Cohesion Policy’s achievements. The expert’s insights contribute to the debate that this policy must face to address the most pressing European challenges. Each chapter includes different perspectives ranging from political, economic and legal to the urban and social dimensions and investigates ways to boost research-policy dialogue on Cohesion Policy.
Offering a forward-thinking account of the topic, this timely book will be welcomed by students, academics, researchers, and policymakers alike in disciplines including human geography and geopolitics, European politics and policy, economics, public policy, and urban and regional studies.
Bringing together contributions from an interdisciplinary team of eminent scholars and policy practitioners, chapters offer expert analysis of the disciplinary genealogies of the EU Cohesion Policy, its contemporary issues, and perceptive reflections on its future. The book provides keen insights into current academic-policy debates, and a deeper understanding of the EU Cohesion Policy’s achievements. The expert’s insights contribute to the debate that this policy must face to address the most pressing European challenges. Each chapter includes different perspectives ranging from political, economic and legal to the urban and social dimensions and investigates ways to boost research-policy dialogue on Cohesion Policy.
Offering a forward-thinking account of the topic, this timely book will be welcomed by students, academics, researchers, and policymakers alike in disciplines including human geography and geopolitics, European politics and policy, economics, public policy, and urban and regional studies.
Critical Acclaim
‘The stakes for the European Union are now higher than ever. If it is to survive and thrive, it needs well-functioning policies. Few policies can contribute as much to the European project as the Cohesion Policy. But it needs to work well to help deliver a more efficient, cohesive, and resilient Europe. This edited volume by Dotti, Musiałkowska, De Gregorio Hurtado, and Walczyk provides a welcome and timely multidisciplinary reflection about how to improve the policy and help the EU brave the many challenges it currently faces.’
– Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK
– Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK
Contributors
Contributors include: Kai Böhme, Sebastien Bourdin, Alberto Bramanti, Mattia Casula, Riccardo Crescenzi, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado, Ekaterina Domorenok, Nicola Francesco Dotti, Martin Ferry, Ugo Fratesi, Mara Giua, Claudia Gloazzo, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Silvia Grandi, Piotr Idczak, Dagmara Kociuba, Robert Leonardi, Federico Martellozzo, Ida Musiałkowska, Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Christian Oberst, Serafin Pazos-Vidal, Oto Potluka, Paolo Rosso, Maria Toptsidou, Paula Tulppo, Julia Walczyk
Contents
Contents:
Foreword: EU Cohesion Policy an Interdisciplinary Approach xix
Preface xxi
1 Introduction to EU Cohesion Policy: A Multidisciplinary
Approach 1
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De
Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk
PART I DISCIPLINARY GENEALOGIES
2 The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regional
economic development to the place-based approach 10
Piotr Idczak, Ida Musiałkowska and Dagmara Kociuba
3 Regional economic theories as drivers of the EU Cohesion Policy 30
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi and Christian Oberst
4 A legal perspective on the origins and evolution of the EU
Cohesion Policy 47
Serafin Pazos-Vidal
5 The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy: insights into its
genealogy, evolution, and future potential 65
Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado
6 Quality of life, Cohesion Policy, and the European social model 84
Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins
PART II ASSESSING WHAT WORKS
7 Evaluation experience from the EU Cohesion Policy 100
Oto Potluka
8 The economic impacts of Cohesion Policy 114
Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua
9 Financial engineering instruments: implementation,
governance challenges and lessons learned 125
Claudia Gloazzo
10 Financial engineering instruments for urban investments 145
Piotr Idczak
11 The sub-regional dimension of European local
development policies 161
Alberto Bramanti and Paolo Rosso
PART III THE ‘WHEN’ AND ‘WHERE’ OF COHESION
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
12 Smart specialisation strategy: a territorial governance perspective 180
Sebastien Bourdin
13 The environmental and sustainable development perspective 193
Silvia Grandi and Federico Martellozzo
14 A cross-border perspective on European local and regional
development policies 213
Alberto Bramanti and Paula Tulppo
15 Relationship between civil society and Cohesion Policy 229
Oto Potluka
16 Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy
programmes: a geofinance and multilevel perspective 241
Paula Tulppo and Silvia Grandi
PART IV LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE CHALLENGES
17 Future perspective: from multi-level to multi-layered
Cohesion Policy 256
Serafin Pazos-Vidal
18 Partnerships in Cohesion Policy for smart, inclusive
and sustainable growth: an operational framework for
effective multi-level policy implementation 275
Mattia Casula, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
19 Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe 292
John Bachtler, Sebastien Bourdin and Martin Ferry
20 Integrating EU climate action into Cohesion Policy:
instruments, developments and challenges 311
Ekaterina Domorenok
21 Cooperate to survive: a new age of policies for cohesion 329
Kai Böhme and Maria Toptsidou
PART V CONCLUSIONS
22 Lessons learnt and main messages 344
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De
Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk
Index
Foreword: EU Cohesion Policy an Interdisciplinary Approach xix
Preface xxi
1 Introduction to EU Cohesion Policy: A Multidisciplinary
Approach 1
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De
Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk
PART I DISCIPLINARY GENEALOGIES
2 The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regional
economic development to the place-based approach 10
Piotr Idczak, Ida Musiałkowska and Dagmara Kociuba
3 Regional economic theories as drivers of the EU Cohesion Policy 30
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi and Christian Oberst
4 A legal perspective on the origins and evolution of the EU
Cohesion Policy 47
Serafin Pazos-Vidal
5 The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy: insights into its
genealogy, evolution, and future potential 65
Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado
6 Quality of life, Cohesion Policy, and the European social model 84
Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins
PART II ASSESSING WHAT WORKS
7 Evaluation experience from the EU Cohesion Policy 100
Oto Potluka
8 The economic impacts of Cohesion Policy 114
Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua
9 Financial engineering instruments: implementation,
governance challenges and lessons learned 125
Claudia Gloazzo
10 Financial engineering instruments for urban investments 145
Piotr Idczak
11 The sub-regional dimension of European local
development policies 161
Alberto Bramanti and Paolo Rosso
PART III THE ‘WHEN’ AND ‘WHERE’ OF COHESION
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
12 Smart specialisation strategy: a territorial governance perspective 180
Sebastien Bourdin
13 The environmental and sustainable development perspective 193
Silvia Grandi and Federico Martellozzo
14 A cross-border perspective on European local and regional
development policies 213
Alberto Bramanti and Paula Tulppo
15 Relationship between civil society and Cohesion Policy 229
Oto Potluka
16 Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy
programmes: a geofinance and multilevel perspective 241
Paula Tulppo and Silvia Grandi
PART IV LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE CHALLENGES
17 Future perspective: from multi-level to multi-layered
Cohesion Policy 256
Serafin Pazos-Vidal
18 Partnerships in Cohesion Policy for smart, inclusive
and sustainable growth: an operational framework for
effective multi-level policy implementation 275
Mattia Casula, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
19 Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe 292
John Bachtler, Sebastien Bourdin and Martin Ferry
20 Integrating EU climate action into Cohesion Policy:
instruments, developments and challenges 311
Ekaterina Domorenok
21 Cooperate to survive: a new age of policies for cohesion 329
Kai Böhme and Maria Toptsidou
PART V CONCLUSIONS
22 Lessons learnt and main messages 344
Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De
Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk
Index
