ABSTRACT
Much has been written about both the anatomy of the cohesion problems and about the best ways to attack them with adequate policies. In recent years the results of an increasing number of studies on EU cohesion issues have been published. So the question, ‘What can a new book add to this?’ is warranted. The answer is to take away some of the major shortcomings in the existing literature. The contributions of this book (its ‘value added’) are:
• Comprehensive scope. Much of the literature is about either regional economics, social policy, or about specific problems such as economic convergence or social deprivation. Another part is about the shaping of multi-level policy making. Some of this literature is only descriptive; other work is very econometric. This book covers both issues of economic, social and territorial cohesion problems and issues of various policies devised to solve these problems.
