EU cohesion policy, horizontal partnership and the patterns of sub-national governance: Insights from Central and Eastern Europe

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 364-383

  Dąbrowski, Marcin ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; EU cohesion policy; Europeanization; multi level governance; partnership

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE; HUNGARY; POLAND;

EID: 84910032121     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776413481983     Document Type: Article

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