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859676
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Hagemann, Christian
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EU funds in the new member states : : party politicization, administrative capacities, and absorption problems after accession /\ Christian Hagemann.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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Palgrave studies in European Union politics
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1 online resource (xxiv, 324 pages) :: illustrations
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3030020924
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3030020916
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9783030020910
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 EU Funds in the New Member States; 1.1 Politicization and Absorption Problems: The Argument; 1.2 Testing the Role of Politicization for Absorption Problems; 1.3 Plan of the Book; References; Chapter 2 The Puzzle of Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe; 2.1 Absorption: A Process of EU Policy Implementation; 2.1.1 Absorption as a Process of EU Policy Implementation; 2.1.2 The Process of Absorption: Formal Adoption, Application, and Enforcement
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2.2 Absorption Problems in the CEE Member States2.3 Lack of Enforcement: An Implausible Explanation for Absorption Problems; 2.3.1 A Lack of Enforcement Does Not Matter for Absorption Problems; 2.4 Lack of Absorption Capacity: An Incomplete Explanation for Absorption Problems; 2.4.1 Absorption Capacity in the Literature; 2.4.2 The Limitations of Absorption Capacities to Account for Absorption Problems in CEE; References; Chapter 3 Absorption of EU Funds in a Post-communist and Post-accession Context; 3.1 Politicization and Party Patronage in Post-communist Countries
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3.1.1 Party Politicization and Patronage3.1.2 Politicization of the Bureaucracy During Communism; 3.1.3 Post-communism: Politicization as a 'Leninist Legacy'; 3.1.3.1 The First Argument: Ongoing Politicization as a Result of Low Trust; 3.1.3.2 The Second Argument: Ongoing Politicization Because of a Need for Resources; 3.1.4 How Do Party Politicization and Patronage Impact Absorption?; 3.2 The EU Accession Process: 'Islands' and Central Coordination; 3.2.1 The Accession Process and the Capacity-Criterion; 3.2.2 The Focus on Sectoral Reform: Creating 'Islands of Excellence'?
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3.2.3 The Influence of Central Coordination on Implementation3.2.4 How Does Pre-accession Experience Impact Absorption?; 3.3 The Global Financial and Economic Crisis in the New Member States; 3.3.1 The Process of Post-communist Economic Reform; 3.3.2 The Financial and Economic Crisis in CEE; 3.3.3 How Did the Crisis Impact Absorption?; 3.4 Summary: Framework for Analysis and Methods; 3.4.1 The Framework for Analysis; 3.4.2 Combining FsQCA and Process Tracing in Set-Theoretic Multi-method Research; References
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Chapter 4 The Conditions for Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe4.1 Overview: The Conditions for Absorption Problems; 4.2 Case Selection: A Comparison of the Region's Largest Operational Programmes; 4.2.1 How Is the Outcome Measured?; 4.2.2 How Are Comparable Cases Selected?; 4.3 Operationalization and Calibration of the Outcome 'Absorption Problems'; 4.4 Operationalization and Calibration of Five Causal Conditions; 4.4.1 The Condition 'Executive Capacity'; 4.4.2 The Condition 'Islands of Excellence'; 4.4.3 The Condition 'Centralized Management'
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"Why do some new member states struggle to access their EU funds? Drawing on insights from post-Communist politics and the politicization of the central state administration, Christian Hagemann argues convincingly for the relevance of politics together with poor capacities to account for absorption problems." Petra Stykow, Chair of Comparative Political Systems, LMU Munich, Germany "The book constitutes an admirable display of methodological rigor and empirical richness. Employing a mixed methods design, the book uncovers both general patterns and traces the causal mechanisms underpinning them. A must read for every scholar interested in EU studies more generally and the post accession politics more specifically." Berthold Rittberger, Chair of Political Science and International Relations, LMU Munich, Germany "Hagemann has written a book of great interest to students of comparative politics, as it engages with debates about Europeanisation, implementation and compliance, and the development of post-Communist political systems. His empirically rich and analytically rigorous study of the absorption of EU funds draws attention to the importance of politicisation as a decisive explanatory variable." Klaus H. Goetz, Chair of Political Systems and European Integration, LMU Munich, Germany This book examines new member states' problems with the absorption of EU funds. Since accession, many new member states from Central and Eastern Europe struggle to access their billions of development funds from Brussels. While existing research mostly emphasizes the role of states' administrative capacities to account for absorption problems, this study adds the so far neglected role of politics as party politicization to the equation. The argument is tested using a combination of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) with two detailed process tracing case studies. This book will appeal to scholars interested in EU cohesion policy, post-accession compliance, and post-communist politics. Christian Hagemann is Research Fellow in Policy Analysis at the Bavarian School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. Dr Hagemann's research in the field of EU studies particularly focuses on the EU's transformative power in the post-communist space.--
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Economic development-- European Union countries.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
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Economic development.
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Economic policy.
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European Union countries, Economic policy.
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European Union countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.94
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HC240.9.E5H34 2019
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