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EU Funds in the New Member States

Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession

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Authors:
  1. Christian Hagemann

    1. Technical University Munich , Munich, Germany

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  • Develops perspectives on the neglected area of cohesion policy in post-accession compliance studies
  • Theorizes post-communist party politics, the use of EU funds and its interaction with administrative capacities
  • Provides an early instance of fuzzy-set QCA with process tracing case studies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. EU Funds in the New Member States

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Puzzle of Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 13-48

  4. Absorption of EU Funds in a Post-communist and Post-accession Context

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 49-104

  5. The Conditions for Absorption Problems in Central and Eastern Europe

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 105-190

  6. A Causal Mechanism for Absorption Problems

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 191-270

  7. Conclusions and Implications for the Region and Beyond

    • Christian Hagemann
    Pages 271-284

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 285-324
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Technical University Munich , Munich, Germany

    Christian Hagemann

About the author

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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