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This important book investigates how the European Union (EU) can use its regional funding programmes in ways that increase citizen well-being. It argues the case for enhancing the inclusivity of EU growth, which yields the promise of a more legitimate and stronger union.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dellmuth, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Colección:Bristol shorts research.
Temas:
Expenditures, Public.
Well-being > Economic aspects > European Union countries.
Dépenses publiques.
Bien-être > Aspect économique > Pays de l'Union européenne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.
European Union countries > Appropriations and expenditures.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Crédits budgétaires et dépenses.
European Union countries.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Is Europe Good For Your?: EU Spending and Well- Being
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • ONE Rethinking Regional Development
  • The gap
  • The argument
  • The empirical context: EU regional policy
  • The structure of the book
  • TWO Social Goals in EU Regional Development Policy
  • Regional policymaking
  • Project funding
  • Social mainstreaming in EU regional policy
  • Regulatory mainstreaming
  • Implementation mainstreaming
  • Conclusion
  • THREE A Theory of EU Spending and Regional Well-Being
  • Conceptualizing regional well-being
  • Globalization, technology and regional well-being
  • EU social investment and regional well-being
  • Capabilities
  • Institutions and funding practices
  • Economic, political and social context conditions
  • Conclusion
  • FOUR Patterns of Regional Well-Being
  • Taking stock: existing measures of well-being
  • Measuring regional well-being
  • Distributive justice
  • Capabilities
  • Mapping regional well-being
  • Life tends to be better in rich regions
  • Poverty and inequality remain largely unchanged
  • Conclusion
  • FIVE EU Spending Effects on Regional Well-Being
  • Estimating capabilities: research design
  • Measuring capabilities
  • Measuring EU funding
  • Measuring regional context factors shaping capabilities
  • Weak EU spending effects on capabilities
  • Discussion
  • Estimating distributive justice: research design
  • EU spending harms distributive justice
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • SIX Barriers to Improving Regional Well-Being
  • Social and economic investments remain siloed
  • Small amounts of social funding
  • Small amounts spread thinly and to richer areas
  • Informational asymmetries
  • Weak administrative capacity
  • Conclusion
  • SEVEN Regional Well-Being, Inclusive Growth and EU Legitimacy
  • Summary of argument
  • Implications for inclusive growth
  • Implications for the EU's legitimacy in the eyes of citizens
  • Avenues for future research
  • The effects of EU spending on subjective well-being
  • Public attitudes and EU spending effects
  • EU spending effects on gender inequality
  • Appendix A: Qualitative and Standardized Interview Data
  • Appendix B: EU Social and Economic Investments*
  • Description of social funding targets
  • Description of economic funding targets
  • Appendix C: Measuring Poverty and Inequality
  • Net equivalized household income
  • Weights
  • Poverty line
  • Creating poverty measures
  • Creating income inequality measures
  • Appendix D: Patterns of Regional Well-Being
  • Appendix E: Determinants of Regional Well-Being
  • Description of social funding targets
  • Description of economic funding targets
  • Net equivalized household income
  • Weights
  • Poverty line
  • Creating poverty measures
  • Creating income inequality measures
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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