Einleitung -- Alexander Rüstow und die Vitalpolitik -- Rüstow als Vertreter des Ordoliberalismus und des "soziologischen Liberalismus" -- Die Vitalpolitik -- Relevante Einflüsse auf Rüstow -- "Liberaler Interventionismus" -- Vitalpolitik als Ansatz der Befähigung -- Jenseits...

The European Commission has successfully managed to adopt and implement ex ante impact assessment procedures since 2003, and available data show that the IA documented are of increasingly good quality. Even though margins for improving the European Commission IA system persist, other EU...

Although Europe’s cohesion policy plays an important role in European regional and structural politics, its effectiveness and utility have been viewed with great skepticism. Because earlier studies have not adequately account for the mode of action of capital assistance, this study uses a...