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EU Cohesion Policy can't buy me love? Exploring the regional determinants of EU image

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  • Marcin Dąbrowski
  • Dominic Stead
  • Bardia Mashhoodi

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By investing in the development of European territories, EU Cohesion Policy can be expected to have a positive impact on the citizens' views on the European Union. Whether and how the policy actually affects what people think about the EU remains unclear. This paper explores a range of regional determinants of EU image, from socio‐economic to territorial factors and the intensity of EU Cohesion Policy funding, based on the data available for 2008–2015 period. It finds a positive relation between the size of the regional European Structural and Investment Funds' allocation and less negative EU image, while highlighting how a declining regional economic situation fuels more negative views on the EU. It also reveals that lower level of education and higher migration have a strong influence on negative EU image, albeit only in some European regions. Con la inversión en el desarrollo de los territorios europeos, cabe esperar que la política de cohesión de la UE tenga un impacto positivo en las opiniones de los ciudadanos sobre la Unión Europea. Todavía no está claro si la política afecta realmente a lo que la gente piensa de la UE y cómo lo hace. Este artículo explora una serie de determinantes regionales de la imagen de la UE, desde los factores socioeconómicos hasta los territoriales y la intensidad de la financiación de la política de cohesión de la UE, a partir de los datos disponibles para el período 2008‐2015. En él artículo se establece una relación positiva entre el tamaño de la asignación regional de los Fondos Estructurales y de Inversión de la UE y una imagen menos negativa de la UE, al tiempo que se destaca la forma en que una situación económica regional en declive alimenta más puntos de vista negativos sobre la UE. También revela que un menor nivel de educación y una mayor migración tienen una fuerte influencia en la imagen negativa de la UE, aunque sólo en algunas regiones europeas. ヨーロッパの地域開発に出資することで、欧州連合(EU)の結束政策が、EUに対する市民の見解に良い影響を与えることが期待される。市民のEU対する考え方に、政策が実際に影響を及ぼすのかどうか、またはどのように影響するのかは明らかにされていない。本稿では、2008~2015年に得られたデータを基に、社会経済的な要素から地域的要素まで、地域におけるEUに対する印象の様々な決定因子、および結束政策の資金の集中度を調査する。結果から、欧州構造投資基金(European Structural and Investment Funds)のその地域の割当の規模とEUに対するネガティブな印象の少なさに正の関連性が認められたのと同時に、地域の経済状況の悪化がEUに対する見解をさらにネガティブにすることが顕著であることが強調された。また、教育レベルの低さと移住率の高さは、一部の地域に限られるものの、EUに対するネガティブな印象に強い影響を与えることが明らかになった。

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  • Marcin Dąbrowski & Dominic Stead & Bardia Mashhoodi, 2019. "EU Cohesion Policy can't buy me love? Exploring the regional determinants of EU image," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(4), pages 695-711, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:11:y:2019:i:4:p:695-711
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12237
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    1. Štefan Rehák & Oliver Rafaj & Tomáš Černěnko, 2021. "EU integration, regional development problems and the rise of the new radical right in Slovakia," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(2), pages 303-321, April.
    2. Martin Gross, 2022. "Does Anyone Care? Cohesion Policy Issues in Sub‐national Politics," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(6), pages 1538-1555, November.
    3. Enrique López‐Bazo, 2022. "The Impact of Cohesion Policy on Regional Differences in Support for the European Union," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 1219-1236, September.
    4. Gabriela Borz & Heinz Brandenburg & Carlos Mendez, 2022. "The impact of EU Cohesion Policy on European identity: A comparative analysis of EU regions," European Union Politics, , vol. 23(2), pages 259-281, June.
    5. Eveline S. van Leeuwen & Solmaria Halleck Vega & Vera Hogenboom, 2021. "Does population decline lead to a “populist voting mark‐up”? A case study of the Netherlands," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(2), pages 279-301, April.

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