Based on the author's extensive research in the field

This book analyzes regional policy for the whole of Europe. Comparing East and West, it offers a new model of regional policy and gives an overview of the direction that it may take in Europe as a whole.

Topics covered include

The evaluation of regional policy; its main aims; its "infrastructure" in Western Europe; its form in Eastern Europe; and the development of regional policy from 1917 to the 1990s.

The book is intended for professionals and academics working in the areas of regional studies, economics and policy studies.