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  1. The Evolution of UK Regional Policy

    Article • June 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  2. Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe

    Article • January 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor John Bachtler

  3. Administrative capacity and EU Cohesion Policy: implementation performance and effectiveness

    Article • Regional Studies, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  4. The quality of government and administrative performance: explaining Cohesion Policy compliance, absorption and achievements across EU regions

    Article • Regional Studies, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  5. Cohesion and the EU Budget: Is Conditionality Undermining Solidarity?

    Article • August 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Professor John Bachtler

  6. 1. Introduction

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  7. 2. The Challenge of Economic Change for Europe

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  8. 3. Structural Transformation and Productivity Challenges for the EU

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  9. 4. Territorial Policy Responses

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  10. 5. Developing a European Policy Response

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  11. 6. Ensuring Territorial and Socially Inclusive Growth: A More Effective Cohesion Policy

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  12. 7. Conclusions and Recommendations

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  13. 8. Bibliography

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  14. Annex 1: Regional Productivity Catching-up in Seleceted EU Member States, 2000-2013

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  15. Executive Summary

    Article • Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  16. Beyond Brexit: Reshaping policies for regional development in Europe

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor John Bachtler

  17. Cohesion policy after Brexit: the economic, social and institutional challenges

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, July 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Professor John Bachtler

  18. Financial Compliance in the European Union: A Cross-National Assessment of Financial Correction Patterns and Causes in Cohesion Policy

    Article • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor John Bachtler

  19. Challenges of multi-level governance and partnership: drawing lessons from European Union cohesion policy

    Article • European Urban and Regional Studies, October 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Bachtler, Marcin Dąbrowski

  20. Conditionalities and the Performance of European Structural Funds: A Principal–Agent Analysis of Control Mechanisms in European Union Cohesion Policy

    Article • Regional Studies, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  21. Reassessing the concept of policy termination: the case of regional policy in England

    Article • Policy Studies, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  22. From Conditionality to Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe: Administrative Performance and Capacity in Cohesion Policy

    Article • European Planning Studies, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  23. Administrative reform and unintended consequences: an assessment of the EU Cohesion policy ‘audit explosion’

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  24. EU Cohesion Policy and the Role of the Regions: Investigating the Influence of Structural Funds in the New Member States

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Bachtler

  25. REFORMING EU COHESION POLICY

    Article • Policy Studies, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  26. Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds

    Article • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor John Bachtler

  27. Sustainable growth, competitiveness and employment: Will EU cohesion policy deliver on the lisbon strategy?

    Article • Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and Planning, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Bachtler

  28. Evaluation of European Union Cohesion policy: Research questions and policy challenges

    Article • Regional Studies, April 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  29. The contribution of European Structural Funds to territorial cohesion

    Article • Town Planning Review, March 2005, Liverpool University Press

    Professor John Bachtler

  30. Book reviews

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, August 2004, Wiley

    Professor John Bachtler

  31. Reforming EU cohesion policy: An assessment of the debate

    Article • Intereconomics, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Bachtler

  32. European regional policy news

    Article • Regions, April 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  33. The Spatial Coverage of Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe

    Article • European Urban and Regional Studies, April 2000, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Bachtler

  34. Regional Policy in Europe: Which Way Forward?

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Bachtler

  35. Regional policy in the transition countries: A comparative assessment

    Article • European Planning Studies, December 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  36. Reforming the structural funds: Challenges for EU regional policy

    Article • European Planning Studies, December 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  37. Book reviews

    Article • Regional & Federal Studies, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  38. The Interim Evaluation of EU Regional Development Programmes: Experiences from Objective 2 Regions

    Article • Regional Studies, December 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  39. Government Incentives and the Financial Services Sector in Scotland

    Article • Service Industries Journal, July 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  40. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL GAIN: STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT IN THE EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS

    Article • European Environment, January 1997, Wiley

    Professor John Bachtler

  41. Regional Development Strategies in Objective 2 Regions: A Comparative Assessment

    Article • Regional Studies, December 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  42. A New Era in EU Regional Policy Evaluation? The Appraisal of the Structural Funds

    Article • Regional Studies, April 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  43. Strengthening Economic and Social Cohesion? The Revision of the Structural Funds

    Article • Regional Studies, December 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  44. Book Reviews

    Article • Regional Studies, April 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  45. European Integration and Foreign Investment: The Regional Implications

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Bachtler

  46. The Restructuring of Regional Policy in the European Community

    Article • Regional Studies, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  47. 1992 and Regional Development

    Article • Regional Studies, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  48. Policy Review Section

    Article • Regional Studies, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  49. Policy Review Section

    Article • Regional Studies, April 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  50. Policy Review Section

    Article • Regional Studies, October 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  51. Book Reviews

    Article • Regional Studies, October 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Bachtler

  52. Cohesion policy reform and the evolving role of the Council

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor John Bachtler