Cohesion Policy and European Integration: Building Multi-level Governance (Nuffield European Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198280645 ISBN 13: 9780198280644

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book is a sustained study of cohesion policy in the European Union, which now absorbs one-third of the EU budget. The central question is how policy makers can develop a common European policy, and yet give attention to the variation in practice, institutions, and players in the member states.

About this title

About the Author

Liesbet Hooghe is at University of Toronto.

From the Back Cover

How can one convince potent nation-states to put their sovereignty at risk in common European policies? EU cohesion policy, now one-third of the EU budget, provides such a puzzle. Until 1988 the European Commission shared out money to national governments with few strings attached. Since the reform of 1988, national governments are required to negotiate with the Commission and regional authorities on how to use the money. Has this European-wide policy eroded national sovereignty in favour of a stronger role for the Commission and more power for Europe's regions? The first part of the book probes into the policy dynamics at the European level. In the second part, eight country studies evaluate the impact of uniform EU policy on territorial relations by comparing policy making before and after the reform. The concluding section explains persistent variation in EU cohesion decision making and implementation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198280645
• ISBN 13: 9780198280644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 474
• Editor: Hooghe Liesbet