01677nas a2200193   4500008004100000245010600041210006900147300001000216520099300226653002001219653001901239653001601258653002801274653002601302100001801328700002301346700002101369856009301390       2024                        eng d00aThe origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regional economic development to the place-based approach0 aorigins of the EU Cohesion Policy from regional economic develop  a10-293 aThe overarching objective of the EU Cohesion Policy is to promote the harmonious development of its regions and cities to achieve continuous, coherent, and sustainable development throughout the entire European Union, particularly those less developed. This chapter presents the changes in Cohesion Policy since the mid-1970s, highlighting the shift towards an approach focused on territorial contexts and the endogenous competitive potential of territories. The chapter concentrates on the shift from a traditional policy reducing the socioeconomic disparities between European territories through sectoral interventions to a place-based approach in which policy measures and financial resources are tailored to specific places. This place-based approach aims at bringing policies and activities from different levels of government together. Therefore, policy interventions shifted from being limited to deprived areas to constituting an inherent part of the EU’s development policies.10acohesion policy10aEuropean Union10aPlace-based10aTerritorial development10aTerritorial dimension1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aKociuba, Dagmara  uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781802209402/book-part-9781802209402-12.xml02910nam a2200241   4500008004100000022002200041245012700063210006900190260003000259300000800289520211700297653003102414653002002445653001602465653001302481653001902494653001702513653002002530100002302550700001802573700001702591856006002608       2020                        eng d  a978-83-957204-4-400aSuccesses & Failures in EU Cohesion Policy: An Introduction to EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe0 aSuccesses Failures in EU Cohesion Policy An Introduction to EU c  aBerlin/WarsawbDe Gruyter  a2083 aRegions in the EU’s Eastern and Southern peripheries tend to perform badly across many rankings from economic development, to quality of government,social justice and innovation potential, despite the fact that the vast majorityof EU structural funding has been spent in these countries. However, these countries followed different development trajectories and reacted differently to the economic crisis. Some of them still struggle, others thrive, others, afteryears of structural transformation, are stuck in a middle-income trap.Successes and failures as a result of EU cohesion implementation are avaluable source of feedback for future plans. Southern part of the EU, and Central and Eastern Europe provide an excellent opportunity to evaluatethem, The whole implementation exercise is sometimes challenging to accomplish, as both the public and private sectors have low absorption capacity. In contrast, positive experiences also emerged. Regions in Central and Eastern European countries witnessed improvements in the form of change in GDP per capita, benchmarked against the EU average during theyears 2008-2015, while Southern Europe improved similarly between 2000-2008. In this volume, the authors cover a variety of aforementioned problems and experiences of either all member states, with special attention to peripheral countries, or to sectoral or regional problems in selected countries. The book begins with an overview of the issues of economic convergence and quality of life in all member states. It also addresses political aspects of EU cohesion policy, including involvement of civil society into this public policy, as well as relationships between cohesion policy support and EU identification. The final section discusses an important novelty in the framework of EU cohesion policy, namely the JESSICA initiative, that is, an instrument offering repayable and recyclable funding targeted at economically-viable and sustainable urban development projects. Authors are engaged in research on EU cohesion policy and represent severaldisciplines: economics, political and social sciences.10aCentral and Eastern Europe10acohesion policy10aconvergence10aEU funds10aEuropean Union10aregeneration10aSouthern Europe1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aPotluka, Oto  uhttps://www.degruyter.com/view/title/580682?language=en02479nam a2200361   4500008004100000022002200041245009600063210006900159260001700228300000800245520143700253653001501690653001301705653001801718653003201736653001901768653001201787653002001799653002401819653001101843653001101854653001201865653002301877100001701900700001801917700002301935700001801958700001901976700001901995700001902014700002202033856006202055       2014                        eng d  a978-80-86684-98-700aLocal Participation in Visegrad Countries: How Are Politicians Rooted in the Civil Society?0 aLocal Participation in Visegrad Countries How Are Politicians Ro  aPragabIREAS  a1093 a<p>This year, the Visegrad countries celebrate together twenty ve years since the socio, economic and political changes lead in collapse of totalitarian regimes. But the political transition brought also problems and new challenges not know previously. The rst free elections were held in the Visegrad countries that time and their inhabitants could choose their political representatives. Many of them came originally from the civil society and revolution movements. However, the political decision-making became disconnected from the civil society over time. We study the present rootedness of local political representatives in the civil society measured by their membership and leadership in civil society organisations in all four Visegrad countries. We are as well interested in engagement of activists from the civil society in an institutionalised political life, i.e. political parties and political movements. The purpose of this book is to discuss development of local democracy, local development initiatives and local social capital in growing urban areas in post-transition countries in which the civil society was almost absent or very weak twenty ve years ago. This publication comes up with overviews of the situation in four cities, one in each of the Visegrad countries. First the Polish case of Poznan is discussed. Then three capital cities follow: Czech Prague, Slovakian Bratislava and Hungarian Budapest.</p>10aBratislava10aBudapest10acivil society10acivil society organisations10aEuropean Union10aleaders10alocal elections10alocal participation10aPoznan10aPrague10aregions10aVisegrad Countries1 aPotluka, Oto1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aKalman, Judit1 aSpacek, Martin1 aKostal, Ctibor1 aOvadek, Michal1 aTholtova, Barbora  uhttp://www.ireas.cz/images/projekty/lea/lea_publikace.pdfno socket