New publication by Carlos Mendez, Fiona Wishlade and Douglas Yuill in the Journal of Common Market Studies.
The article provides an empirical analysis of the design and implementation of regional policy maps under the EU's Cohesion and Competition policies for the 2000-06 period.
Contrary to contemporary scholarship, "Europeanization" is conceptualised as an interactive process between the EU and the Member States, thus incorporating a role for bottom-up influences and processes in shaping policy outcomes. See: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/jcms/44/3