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Beyond Brexit: Reshaping policies for regional development in Europe
Author(s) -
Bachtler John,
Begg Iain
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12351
Subject(s) - brexit , regional policy , cohesion (chemistry) , political science , context (archaeology) , corporate governance , regional science , capital (architecture) , economic growth , economics , european union , economic policy , geography , chemistry , organic chemistry , archaeology , finance , law
Regional development is one of the main EU spending priorities through its Cohesion Policy. Brexit is among several influences on the future of the policy, whose evolution is part of a wider reshaping of the principles and practice of regional policy in Europe. In the context of emerging policy challenges and recent contributions to the regional policy literature, the article highlights innovation, human capital and effective institutions as three crucial dimensions of future policy. It argues that a shift in regional policy priorities, governance and territorial focus is underway – partly influenced by place‐based policy thinking ‐ at EU level under Cohesion Policy as well as under national regional policies in the EU27 and the UK.