Where Top-down, Where Bottom-up?

Selected Issues for Regional Strategies in the European Union

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Silke Tönshoff, Andreas Weida, Silke Tonshoff

449 kr

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The necessity for regional policy-makers to find a balance between shaping and adapting to structural change is well-known. But to what extent does this apply to a European strategy with a «soft» governance process relying largely on benchmarking and peer pressure – the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs? Paradigms for an increase of competitiveness – also regional competitiveness – spelled out so often and vigorously lose their degree of assertiveness, when turning to economic theory for their foundations. The authors – economists and political scientists with practical experience in EU institutions – deal in their contributions with different issues relevant for decision-makers in modern regional policy. By doing so, it is possible to challenge the seemingly established consensus on what is feasible in the EU and what is not.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-04-01
Mått148 x 210 x 9 mm
Vikt180 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor124
FörlagPeter Lang AG
ISBN9783631572030

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The Editors: Silke Tönshoff studied economics and philosophy and obtained a Ph.D. in economics in 1999. Prior to the Committee of the Regions of the EU she worked as management consultant for a global management consulting company, as economist for the Berlin government and as senior analyst for RAND Europe. Andreas Weida, from 1992 to 2001 Assistant Researcher at the Institute for European Economic Research at the University of Wuppertal, has been working for the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union since 2001.

Contents: Marjorie Jouen: Endogenous Local Development versus Foreign Direct Investment Strategies: Are there alternative regional options in EU 27? – Andreas Weida: The Lisbon Strategy after its 2005 re-launch - Difficulties for regional economic concepts – Silke Tönshoff: Horizon 2010: Local and Regional authorities in the strategy for Jobs and Growth – Bernard Chane-Kune: Decentralisation, decentralized cooperation and economic development – Andreas Weida: Concepts of a local business tax - an overview of criteria and arguments.