The 1988 reform of the European Structural funds: Entitlement or empowerment?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 408-428

  Bailey, David ^a   De Propris, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Multi level governance; Regional convergence; Regional policy; Regionalism; Structural Funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035998606     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760210139696     Document Type: Article

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