1st Edition

Financing Roma Inclusion with European Structural Funds Why Good Intentions Fail

By Joanna Kostka Copyright 2019
216 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides an analysis of the highly politicized field of Roma inclusion and addresses the controversies surrounding the effectiveness of funding initiatives derived from European Cohesion Policy. It confronts the widely held notion that European financial transfers (Structural Funds) are highly suitable instruments to address the systemic causes of poverty and to facilitate changes... Read more

1. Introduction



2. Theorizing Cohesion Policy



3. Theorizing Implementation



4. Policy Design – Constructing Problems and Solutions



5. Working Through Partnership – Who, How, to What Effect?



6. Safeguarding Programmatic Synergie



7. A Successful Project has Many Parents but a Failure is always an Orphan: Structural Funds at a Micro-Level



8. Concluding Remarks



References



Index

Biography

Joanna Kostka is Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University, UK.