Shallow or deep Europeanisation? The uneven impact of EU Cohesion policy on the regional and local authorities in Poland

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-745

  Dabrowski, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eu cohesion policy; Europeanisation; Poland; Regional policy; Subnational actors

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

POLAND;

EID: 84865820203     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1164r     Document Type: Article

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