Since 1981, Greece has been a major recipient of EU funds. Brussels has commissioned a large number of studies to assess the impact of these funds on the Greek economy and society. The authors of this volume do not replicate these reports. Instead, they raise questions that are often overlooked...

During the past decades the world community has witnessed an unprecedented rise of civil society in general and of organized civil society in particular. Indisputably, civil society has been the new keyword in issues ranging from governance to economic development. Likewise, the state has...

Official Development Assistance to the Balkans in the 1990-2005 period seem to reflect two different and contradictory donor 'geopolitical visions'. Some countries (like Greece and France) tended to consider the Balkans as a homogenized 'aid space'. On the contrary other countries (like Japan)...