ABSTRACT
In this chapter we look comparatively at the Europeanization of regional development in the cohesion and CEE states, focusing on the domestic governance structures and adaptation. The chapter analyses and compares the adaptational pressures and reactions in the cohesion states (Greece, Ireland and Portugal) and the CEECs (Hungary and Poland). We consider the degree to which the preexisting domestic governance structures in the cohesion states enabled adaptation to EC policy, and whether the domestic structures fitted with EC policy, or created policy misfits.
