Cohesion in the European community

Illusion or reality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8041802
AutoresRobert Leonardi (London School of Economics and Political Science, autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Volumen16
Número4
Páginas492-517
Fecha de publicación1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402389308424988
OpenAlexW2025456246
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas15

The EC's regional policy is faced with the issue of the impact of market integration on the goals of economic and social cohesion in the Community. There are two major approaches in the literature in predicting the consequences of market integration on cohesion. The first approach stresses the divergence of levels of development while the second predicts that a gradual reduction of disparities will take place. To test these two hypotheses an analysis of regional and national level data covering the first nine member states of the Community over a 40‐year period is conducted. The results demonstrate that there has been a constant and significant convergence in levels of economic and social cohesion in the Community and within nation states during the last 40 years

Cohesion (chemistry · Community cohesion · Convergence (economics · Development economics · Divergence (linguistics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic integration · Economic system · Economics · Illusion · Political economy · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic Policies and Impacts · Law · Psychology · Regional Development and Policy