Shifts in EU Cohesion Policy and Processes of Peripheralization
Shifts in EU Cohesion Policy and Processes of Peripheralization
Author(s): László Faragó, Krisztina VarróSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: EU cohesion policy; EU integration; centre–periphery; Lisbonization; place-based de- velopment; Central Eastern Europe (CEE); Visegrad Group (V4)
Summary/Abstract: The increasing dominance of neoliberalism as the key steering mechanism of the European Union (EU) since the early 1990s has implied the competitiveness-oriented reshaping of cohesion policy. The aim of this paper is to initiate a debate from a critical political economic perspective on the implications of this shift for Central Eastern European (CEE) member states. To this end, the paper discusses the formation of EU centre-periphery relations from a CEE point of view and formulates some preliminary suggestions as to how cohesion policy would need to be rethought in order to ensure the better integration of lagging CEE regions.
Journal: European Spatial Research and Policy
- Issue Year: 23/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 5-19
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English