This new text introduces the history, evolution and contemporary state of one of the European Union\"s most important, expensive and controversial policies. It examines the role that cohesion policy plays in European integration, as well as in economic development across regions, and analyzes the key debates and issues at stake....

This new text introduces the history, evolution and contemporary state of one of the European Union\"s most important, expensive and controversial policies. It examines the role that cohesion policy plays in European integration, as well as in economic development across regions, and analyzes the key debates and issues at stake....