EU Funds in the New Member States

Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession

Christian Hagemann (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XXIV, 324 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-02091-0 (ISBN)

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This book examines new member states' problems with the absorption of EU funds. Since accession, many new member states from Central and Eastern Europe struggle to access their billions of development funds from Brussels. While existing research mostly emphasizes the role of states' administrative capacities to account for absorption problems, this study adds the so far neglected role of politics as party politicization to the equation. The argument is tested using a combination of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) with two detailed process tracing case studies. This book will appeal to scholars interested in EU cohesion policy, post-accession compliance, and post-communist politics.

Christian Hagemann is Research Fellow in Policy Analysis at the Bavarian School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. Dr Hagemann's research in the field of EU studies particularly focuses on the EU's transformative power in the post-communist space.

1 Introduction.- 2 The Puzzle of Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe.- 3 Absorption of EU Funds in a Post-Communist and Post-Accession Context.- 4 FsQCA: The Conditions for Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe.- 5 Process Tracing Analysis: A Causal Mechanism for Absorption Problems.- 6 Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Zusatzinfo	XXIV, 324 p. 17 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	absorption capabilities • absorption problems • Accession Process • administrative capacities • capacity building • Central and Eastern Europe • cohesion policy implementation • Depoliticization • EU enforcement • Europeanization studies • Financial and economic crisis • formal implementation, application and enforcement • formal implementation, application and enforcement of EU rules • Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis • global financial and economic crisis • operationalization and calibration • party politicization and patronage • post-communist economic reform • post-communist transformations • pre-accession reforms • Process tracing
ISBN-10	3-030-02091-6 / 3030020916
ISBN-13	978-3-030-02091-0 / 9783030020910
Zustand	Neuware