State capacity and ‘embeddedness’ in the context of the European Union’s Regional Policy

The case of Greece and the third Community Support Framework (CSF)

Bibliographic Data

ID21157313
AuthorsAnastassios Chardas (a Hellenic Observatory European Institute, LSE and International Summer School Tutor, University of Sussex , Brighton , BN1 7JE , UK, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue2
Pages221-242
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14683857.2012.686011
OpenAlexW2015198166
LanguageEN
References cited25

This paper aims to explain the weak developmental impact that the third Community Support Framework (CSF) funding had for Greece by adopting a conceptual framework based on the theories of internal and interactive state capacities. It postulates that a series of characteristics of the domestic political economy – clientelism, corruption and low levels of social capital – did not allow the third CSF to substantially alter the endogenous capabilities of the Greek economy. Most of the Operational Programmes (OPs) faced significant delays whilst the strengthening of the monitoring procedures attempted by the Commission – exemplified through the ‘n+2’ rule – only served to exacerbate the situation. The reinforcement of the domestic administrative and territorial reforms that will improve the capacities of the Greek state is suggested as a possible way forward

Clientelism · Conceptual framework · Democracy · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Embeddedness · European union · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Regional Development and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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