John Bachtler
Biographic Data
| ID | 253062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Bachtler |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Bachtler |
| SIGNATURE | BACHTLER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0706-597X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 184 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Will territorial cohesion survive after 2028? Assessing the implications of the reform of Cohesion Policy for future structural funds
The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of promoting territorial cohesion as an EU Treaty objective after 2027. It identifies emerging challenges that must be addressed and outlines the fundamental components of a new EU cohesion framework. Furthermore, it examines the process by which these elements should be integrated into the EU Multiannual Financial Framework beyond 2027. The paper presents some new and forward-looking proposals, includi…
Administrative capacity and EU Cohesion Policy
The past two decades have seen increasing interest in the quality of government as an explanatory factor for the performance of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy. An under-researched strand of these studies is administrative capacity in Cohesion Policy. Against this background, this mini-special issue provides new perspectives on the theme of administrative capacity, providing new insights into the operation and effectiveness of administrative …
The quality of government and administrative performance
Policy? This article analyses the relationship between the quality of government and multiple dimensions of administrative performance in Cohesion Policy. Using primary data on government quality combined with EU performance data for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the period 2007-13, regression analysis is undertaken for 173 European regions. The results confirm that government quality is a key determinant of administrative perf…
Beyond Brexit
Cohesion policy after Brexit
Since 1988, when the current EU Cohesion Policy was introduced, it has played an influential role in setting priorities for policies aimed at dealing with the effects of European economic integration on regional and social disparities. Although, latterly, the amount of money spent in the UK through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has declined, EU programmes have had a disproportionate effect on the design and implementation of…
The Role of EU Pre-accession Assistance in the Establishment of National Coordination Structures for EU Funding
Coordination at the national level is an essential part of the EU policy process. This article analyses the effects of EU pre-accession programmes on the development of national-level structures for the coordination of EU funds in Croatia. The article is based on an in-depth case study of the Croatian coordination structures for EU funding, using a three-step analytical framework of adaptation. The empirical research focuses on the role and influ…
Challenges of multi-level governance and partnership
This item has no abtract
Reassessing the concept of policy termination
The concept of policy termination is regaining currency as governments reassess policy commitments and budgets amidst the global financial and economic crisis. What factors affect the decision to terminate a specific policy? Are some policies more susceptible to termination than others? This article addresses these questions using a case study of regional policy in England where, following a change in UK government in 2010, the institutional and …
Conditionalities and the Performance of European Structural Funds
Bachtler J. and Ferry M. Conditionalities and the performance of European Structural Funds: a principal–agent analysis of control mechanisms in European Union cohesion policy, Regional Studies. In the context of debates on the performance of European Union cohesion policy, this paper considers how the European Union has used control mechanisms to influence the use of Structural Funds by member states. Using the principal–agent model, this paper e…
Administrative reform and unintended consequences
This paper investigates the effects of administrative reform in the Commission on policy implementation and outcomes through a study of EU Cohesion policy auditing. It argues that the growth in audit has taken a distinctively compliance-oriented form, in contrast with the performance audit model adopted in other countries that have embraced administrative modernization agendas. Further, the link between organizational efficiency and governance ef…
EU Cohesion Policy and the Role of the Regions
This paper undertakes a critical assessment of the influence of the EU Cohesion policy on regionalisation and the role of regional institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. It addresses questions that are central to ongoing theoretical debates about the role of the region in the new member states. Have the powers and resources of the regions been strengthened by their involvement in EU support programmes? Are regions increasingly involved in in…
Reforming Eu Cohesion Policy
The aim of this article is to reassess the effectiveness of Cohesion policy. It examines the evidence for the performance of the policy since 1988, with a view to testing four main assumptions: that convergence is taking place at national and regional levels; that Cohesion policy has made a durable contribution to convergence and regional restructuring, in terms of GDP and employment; that Cohesion policy funds have been spent in the most effecti…
Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds
This article re‐assesses the multi‐level governance debate and specifically the ‘renationalization thesis’, with respect to EU cohesion policy. It focuses on two of the principles of decision‐making under the structural funds: concentration (decisions on where the money is spent) and programming (decisions on how it is spent). The analysis takes a longitudinal approach, examining each of the policy phases from 1988 until the recent debate on the …
Evaluation of European Union Cohesion policy
The Spatial Coverage of Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Regional policy is currently one of the most dynamic areas of policy making in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Neglected in favour of more urgent priorities in the early years of reform, the past five years have seen an upsurge of interest, political commitment and policy formulation and implementation in this field. In part, this reflects the progress of transition. Fundamental political and macro-economic reforms a…
The Interim Evaluation of EU Regional Development Programmes
This article discusses The interim evaluation of eu regional development programmes: experiences from objective 2 regions
Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions
(1996). Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions: A Comparative Assessment. Regional Studies: Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 723-732
Regional Development Planning in Objective i rEgions
A New Era in EU Regional Policy Evaluation? The Appraisal of the Structural Funds
The paper reviews recent trends in the evaluation of E U regional policy. It begins by discussing recent experience in evaluating Structural Fund operations and then outlines how the regulatory environment has been changing. Lastly, the paper reflects on the latest developments with respect to ex ante appraisal and some of the issues that have emerged from the 1994 appraisal of regional development programmes
Strengthening Economic and Social Cohesion? The Revision of the Structural Funds
This paper examines recent developments concerning the regional policies of the European Community. It reviews the changes to the design and implementation of the Structural Funds and discusses some major issues that arise from the revision
Cities and Regions in the New Europe
The Restructuring of Regional Policy in the European Community
For the past five years, regional policy in the European Community has been characterized by radical changes in the policies of individual Member States as well as the regional policy of the European Community (EC) itself. Particularly in northern Europe, traditional regional policy has come under considerable strain with the rise of competing policy priorities and public expenditure constraints. The increasing independence of the European Commun…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, John Bachtler of the European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, drawing on work undertaken for the European Commission, sets out the nature of regional problems in Central and Eastern Europe following the collapse of the so-called planned economies and the implications for policy makers seeking to address such problems. In the second article Keith Hayton of the Centre for Planning, Un…
And Regional Development
With the recent and continuing fervour of activity surrounding European integration, '1992' is extremely appropriate both as a year and theme for a Special Issue of Regional Studies. When the Single European Market (SEM) programme was launched in 1985, it seemed that the social and spatial dimensions of the process might be left behind. Cecchini, for example, gave only brief mention to regional disparities; his main concern was that they should n…
Policy Review Section
In this Policy Review Section John Bachtler and Keith Clement of the European Policies Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde examine the likely impact of the completion of the single European Market (SEM) on inward investment into the United Kingdom from the United States, Germany, Japan and Holland. Their work is based on a survey of thirty multinational companies in the chemicals, automobiles, electronics and financial services secto…
Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds
This article re‐assesses the multi‐level governance debate and specifically the ‘renationalization thesis’, with respect to EU cohesion policy. It focuses on two of the principles of decision‐making under the structural funds: concentration (decisions on where the money is spent) and programming (decisions on how it is spent). The analysis takes a longitudinal approach, examining each of the policy phases from 1988 until the recent debate on the …
Evaluation of European Union Cohesion policy
Administrative reform and unintended consequences
This paper investigates the effects of administrative reform in the Commission on policy implementation and outcomes through a study of EU Cohesion policy auditing. It argues that the growth in audit has taken a distinctively compliance-oriented form, in contrast with the performance audit model adopted in other countries that have embraced administrative modernization agendas. Further, the link between organizational efficiency and governance ef…
Conditionalities and the Performance of European Structural Funds
Bachtler J. and Ferry M. Conditionalities and the performance of European Structural Funds: a principal–agent analysis of control mechanisms in European Union cohesion policy, Regional Studies. In the context of debates on the performance of European Union cohesion policy, this paper considers how the European Union has used control mechanisms to influence the use of Structural Funds by member states. Using the principal–agent model, this paper e…
Challenges of multi-level governance and partnership
This item has no abtract
Reforming Eu Cohesion Policy
The aim of this article is to reassess the effectiveness of Cohesion policy. It examines the evidence for the performance of the policy since 1988, with a view to testing four main assumptions: that convergence is taking place at national and regional levels; that Cohesion policy has made a durable contribution to convergence and regional restructuring, in terms of GDP and employment; that Cohesion policy funds have been spent in the most effecti…
A New Era in EU Regional Policy Evaluation? The Appraisal of the Structural Funds
The paper reviews recent trends in the evaluation of E U regional policy. It begins by discussing recent experience in evaluating Structural Fund operations and then outlines how the regulatory environment has been changing. Lastly, the paper reflects on the latest developments with respect to ex ante appraisal and some of the issues that have emerged from the 1994 appraisal of regional development programmes
The Restructuring of Regional Policy in the European Community
For the past five years, regional policy in the European Community has been characterized by radical changes in the policies of individual Member States as well as the regional policy of the European Community (EC) itself. Particularly in northern Europe, traditional regional policy has come under considerable strain with the rise of competing policy priorities and public expenditure constraints. The increasing independence of the European Commun…
Beyond Brexit
Strengthening Economic and Social Cohesion? The Revision of the Structural Funds
This paper examines recent developments concerning the regional policies of the European Community. It reviews the changes to the design and implementation of the Structural Funds and discusses some major issues that arise from the revision
Policy Review Section
In this Policy Review Section Neil Marshall and John Bachtler explore the role of the service sector in regional policy within the member states of the European Community focusing in particular on the role of the public sector and the application of financial incentives and controls. They conclude that greater attention needs to be given to the relationships with national industrial and technological policies, that there is considerable scope to …
Administrative capacity and EU Cohesion Policy
The past two decades have seen increasing interest in the quality of government as an explanatory factor for the performance of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy. An under-researched strand of these studies is administrative capacity in Cohesion Policy. Against this background, this mini-special issue provides new perspectives on the theme of administrative capacity, providing new insights into the operation and effectiveness of administrative …
Cohesion policy after Brexit
Since 1988, when the current EU Cohesion Policy was introduced, it has played an influential role in setting priorities for policies aimed at dealing with the effects of European economic integration on regional and social disparities. Although, latterly, the amount of money spent in the UK through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has declined, EU programmes have had a disproportionate effect on the design and implementation of…
Spatial Perspectives on Technological Changes in the Banking Sector of the United Kingdom
In this paper the impact on employment of technological changes in the banking sector is examined. A range of technologies are described which utilise computer, electronic, and telecommunications equipment to produce, store, obtain, and transfer information. Economic pressures on the banks to use the equipment are considered. The influence of the organisation of banking institutions on the introduction of technology is outlined. It is argued that…
The quality of government and administrative performance
Policy? This article analyses the relationship between the quality of government and multiple dimensions of administrative performance in Cohesion Policy. Using primary data on government quality combined with EU performance data for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the period 2007-13, regression analysis is undertaken for 173 European regions. The results confirm that government quality is a key determinant of administrative perf…
Reassessing the concept of policy termination
The concept of policy termination is regaining currency as governments reassess policy commitments and budgets amidst the global financial and economic crisis. What factors affect the decision to terminate a specific policy? Are some policies more susceptible to termination than others? This article addresses these questions using a case study of regional policy in England where, following a change in UK government in 2010, the institutional and …
Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions
(1996). Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions: A Comparative Assessment. Regional Studies: Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 723-732
The Interim Evaluation of EU Regional Development Programmes
This article discusses The interim evaluation of eu regional development programmes: experiences from objective 2 regions
Policy Review Section
In this Policy Review Section John Bachtler and Keith Clement of the European Policies Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde examine the likely impact of the completion of the single European Market (SEM) on inward investment into the United Kingdom from the United States, Germany, Japan and Holland. Their work is based on a survey of thirty multinational companies in the chemicals, automobiles, electronics and financial services secto…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, John Bachtler of the European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, drawing on work undertaken for the European Commission, sets out the nature of regional problems in Central and Eastern Europe following the collapse of the so-called planned economies and the implications for policy makers seeking to address such problems. In the second article Keith Hayton of the Centre for Planning, Un…
The Role of EU Pre-accession Assistance in the Establishment of National Coordination Structures for EU Funding
Coordination at the national level is an essential part of the EU policy process. This article analyses the effects of EU pre-accession programmes on the development of national-level structures for the coordination of EU funds in Croatia. The article is based on an in-depth case study of the Croatian coordination structures for EU funding, using a three-step analytical framework of adaptation. The empirical research focuses on the role and influ…
The Spatial Coverage of Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Regional policy is currently one of the most dynamic areas of policy making in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Neglected in favour of more urgent priorities in the early years of reform, the past five years have seen an upsurge of interest, political commitment and policy formulation and implementation in this field. In part, this reflects the progress of transition. Fundamental political and macro-economic reforms a…
Spatial Perspectives on Technological Changes in the Banking Sector of the United Kingdom
In this paper the impact on employment of technological changes in the banking sector is examined. A range of technologies are described which utilise computer, electronic, and telecommunications equipment to produce, store, obtain, and transfer information. Economic pressures on the banks to use the equipment are considered. The influence of the organisation of banking institutions on the introduction of technology is outlined. It is argued that…
Policy Review Section
In this Policy Review Section Neil Marshall and John Bachtler explore the role of the service sector in regional policy within the member states of the European Community focusing in particular on the role of the public sector and the application of financial incentives and controls. They conclude that greater attention needs to be given to the relationships with national industrial and technological policies, that there is considerable scope to …
Services and Uneven Development
This book surveys the development of service industries in Britain from a geographical perspective, assessing their contribution to other sectors of the economy. The location of new service industries is described and explained, with an analysis of the effect of locational changes on employment opportunities and patterns. The contributors consider the economic role of private sector producer services and provide a British view of issues to comple…
Policy Review Section
In this Policy Review Section John Bachtler and Keith Clement of the European Policies Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde examine the likely impact of the completion of the single European Market (SEM) on inward investment into the United Kingdom from the United States, Germany, Japan and Holland. Their work is based on a survey of thirty multinational companies in the chemicals, automobiles, electronics and financial services secto…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, John Bachtler of the European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, drawing on work undertaken for the European Commission, sets out the nature of regional problems in Central and Eastern Europe following the collapse of the so-called planned economies and the implications for policy makers seeking to address such problems. In the second article Keith Hayton of the Centre for Planning, Un…
And Regional Development
With the recent and continuing fervour of activity surrounding European integration, '1992' is extremely appropriate both as a year and theme for a Special Issue of Regional Studies. When the Single European Market (SEM) programme was launched in 1985, it seemed that the social and spatial dimensions of the process might be left behind. Cecchini, for example, gave only brief mention to regional disparities; his main concern was that they should n…
The Restructuring of Regional Policy in the European Community
For the past five years, regional policy in the European Community has been characterized by radical changes in the policies of individual Member States as well as the regional policy of the European Community (EC) itself. Particularly in northern Europe, traditional regional policy has come under considerable strain with the rise of competing policy priorities and public expenditure constraints. The increasing independence of the European Commun…
Strengthening Economic and Social Cohesion? The Revision of the Structural Funds
This paper examines recent developments concerning the regional policies of the European Community. It reviews the changes to the design and implementation of the Structural Funds and discusses some major issues that arise from the revision
Cities and Regions in the New Europe
Regional Development Planning in Objective i rEgions
A New Era in EU Regional Policy Evaluation? The Appraisal of the Structural Funds
The paper reviews recent trends in the evaluation of E U regional policy. It begins by discussing recent experience in evaluating Structural Fund operations and then outlines how the regulatory environment has been changing. Lastly, the paper reflects on the latest developments with respect to ex ante appraisal and some of the issues that have emerged from the 1994 appraisal of regional development programmes
Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions
(1996). Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions: A Comparative Assessment. Regional Studies: Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 723-732
The Interim Evaluation of EU Regional Development Programmes
This article discusses The interim evaluation of eu regional development programmes: experiences from objective 2 regions
The Spatial Coverage of Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Regional policy is currently one of the most dynamic areas of policy making in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Neglected in favour of more urgent priorities in the early years of reform, the past five years have seen an upsurge of interest, political commitment and policy formulation and implementation in this field. In part, this reflects the progress of transition. Fundamental political and macro-economic reforms a…
Evaluation of European Union Cohesion policy
Reforming Eu Cohesion Policy
The aim of this article is to reassess the effectiveness of Cohesion policy. It examines the evidence for the performance of the policy since 1988, with a view to testing four main assumptions: that convergence is taking place at national and regional levels; that Cohesion policy has made a durable contribution to convergence and regional restructuring, in terms of GDP and employment; that Cohesion policy funds have been spent in the most effecti…
Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds
This article re‐assesses the multi‐level governance debate and specifically the ‘renationalization thesis’, with respect to EU cohesion policy. It focuses on two of the principles of decision‐making under the structural funds: concentration (decisions on where the money is spent) and programming (decisions on how it is spent). The analysis takes a longitudinal approach, examining each of the policy phases from 1988 until the recent debate on the …
EU Cohesion Policy and the Role of the Regions
This paper undertakes a critical assessment of the influence of the EU Cohesion policy on regionalisation and the role of regional institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. It addresses questions that are central to ongoing theoretical debates about the role of the region in the new member states. Have the powers and resources of the regions been strengthened by their involvement in EU support programmes? Are regions increasingly involved in in…
Administrative reform and unintended consequences
This paper investigates the effects of administrative reform in the Commission on policy implementation and outcomes through a study of EU Cohesion policy auditing. It argues that the growth in audit has taken a distinctively compliance-oriented form, in contrast with the performance audit model adopted in other countries that have embraced administrative modernization agendas. Further, the link between organizational efficiency and governance ef…
Reassessing the concept of policy termination
The concept of policy termination is regaining currency as governments reassess policy commitments and budgets amidst the global financial and economic crisis. What factors affect the decision to terminate a specific policy? Are some policies more susceptible to termination than others? This article addresses these questions using a case study of regional policy in England where, following a change in UK government in 2010, the institutional and …
Conditionalities and the Performance of European Structural Funds
Bachtler J. and Ferry M. Conditionalities and the performance of European Structural Funds: a principal–agent analysis of control mechanisms in European Union cohesion policy, Regional Studies. In the context of debates on the performance of European Union cohesion policy, this paper considers how the European Union has used control mechanisms to influence the use of Structural Funds by member states. Using the principal–agent model, this paper e…
The Role of EU Pre-accession Assistance in the Establishment of National Coordination Structures for EU Funding
Coordination at the national level is an essential part of the EU policy process. This article analyses the effects of EU pre-accession programmes on the development of national-level structures for the coordination of EU funds in Croatia. The article is based on an in-depth case study of the Croatian coordination structures for EU funding, using a three-step analytical framework of adaptation. The empirical research focuses on the role and influ…
Challenges of multi-level governance and partnership
This item has no abtract
Cohesion policy after Brexit
Since 1988, when the current EU Cohesion Policy was introduced, it has played an influential role in setting priorities for policies aimed at dealing with the effects of European economic integration on regional and social disparities. Although, latterly, the amount of money spent in the UK through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has declined, EU programmes have had a disproportionate effect on the design and implementation of…
Beyond Brexit
Regional Development and Policy (23 works) · Economics (22 works) · Political science (22 works) · Business (14 works) · European union (14 works) · Economic policy (13 works) · Regional Policy (13 works) · Regional science (13 works) · Cohesion (chemistry (10 works) · Economic growth (10 works)