Motivations Behind the Reforms of the EU Cohesion Policy: Theoretical, Practical Analysis and the Transition of the Reforms over the EU Cohesion Policy
Author
Aydogan, Enes
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2013
Submitted on
2013-04-01
Pages
51
Abstract
EU’s samhørighedspolitik – også kaldet regionalpolitik – er EU’s vigtigste redskab til at mindske økonomiske, sociale og territoriale forskelle mellem lande og regioner. I takt med, at EU er blevet større og mere integreret, har politikken ændret sig mange gange og har aldrig haft én fast form. Vedvarende uligheder mellem medlemsstaterne og behovet for en mere samlet tilgang til udvikling har drevet disse reformer. Denne afhandling undersøger, hvorfor EU’s samhørighedspolitik er blevet reformeret så ofte. Den kombinerer en gennemgang af politikkens udvikling i teori og praksis med en praktisk analyse af dens sociale, økonomiske og territoriale mål, som sigter mod at reducere uligheder og fremme en mere balanceret regional udvikling. I den empiriske del grupperes medlemsstater i klynger og placeres på illustrative diagrammer for at vise, hvordan de sammenlignes, og hvordan reformernes resultater varierer på tværs af grupper. Samlet set bidrager analysen til at forklare, hvorfor politikken løbende justeres, og hvilke virkninger reformerne har haft.
The European Union’s Cohesion Policy—also called Regional Policy—is the EU’s main tool for reducing economic, social, and territorial disparities between countries and regions. As the EU has grown and integrated more deeply, this policy has changed many times and has never had a single, fixed form. Persistent differences among Member States and the need for a more comprehensive approach to development have driven these reforms. This thesis examines why the EU’s Cohesion Policy has been reformed so frequently. It combines a review of the policy’s evolution in theory and practice with a practical analysis of its social, economic, and territorial objectives, which aim to reduce inequalities and support more balanced regional development. In the empirical part, Member States are grouped into clusters and positioned on illustrative diagrams to show how they compare and how the outcomes of reforms differ across groups. Taken together, the analysis helps explain the policy’s ongoing adjustments and the results they produce.
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