EU Funds in the New Member States Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession /

• Main Author: Hagemann, Christian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics,
• Subjects: Public policy.; European Union.; Political science.; International organization.; Political theory.; Public administration.; Public Policy.; European Union Politics.; Governance and Government.; International Organization.; Political Theory.; Public Administration.

"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 absorp...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Puzzle of Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe
• 3 Absorption of EU Funds in a Post-Communist and Post-Accession Context
• 4 FsQCA: The Conditions for Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe
• 5 Process Tracing Analysis: A Causal Mechanism for Absorption Problems
• 6 Conclusion.