EU Funds in the New Member States

Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-02091-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagemann, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.