%0 Book
%A Silke Tönshoff
%A Andreas Weida
%D 2008
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%T Where Top-down, Where Bottom-up?
%B Selected Issues for Regional Strategies in the European Union
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1104934
%X 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.
%K Europäische Union, Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Aufsatzsammlung, Economic theory, School of thinking, Regional economic polocy, Lisbon Strategy
%G English