Journal of Economic Geography Advance Access originally published online on January 8, 2008
Journal of Economic Geography 2008 8(4):587-588; doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm050
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European Cohesion Policy
Willem Molle
European Cohesion Policy
Willem Molle London: Routledge2007. 347pp. Price: £35.00.
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Willem Molle's most recent book, European Cohesion Policy, is a superb volume. The book is the only available manuscript that goes so deeply into the principles, practices and current challenges of European cohesion policies. I see his book as one of the (too) few pieces of work that try to bring together academic scholars and policy-makers despite the lack of consideration of real-world technicalities from the first group and the negligence in data collection of the second group.
Before going any further into the contributions of the book, a parenthesis on the relevance of the topic is necessary. Cohesion is a dear issue for Europeans because significant inequalities of income and social capital exist across EU countries and
Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, USA