TY - DATA T1 - Understanding citizen perception of European Union Cohesion Policy: the role of the local context PY - 2017/12/04 AU - Roberta Capello AU - Giovanni Perucca UR - https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Understanding_citizen_perception_of_European_Union_Cohesion_Policy_the_role_of_the_local_context/5662369 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.5662369.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9880336 KW - perception of policies KW - Cohesion Policy KW - regional policy settings KW - E61 KW - O10 KW - R10 N2 - The way in which Cohesion Policy is perceived by citizens is a crucial issue for the process of European identity-building. Based on the idea that citizens’ perceptions depend on the local socioeconomic context in which Cohesion Policy is implemented, the paper seeks to define alternative combinations of the economic, social and institutional features of different local policy implementation settings, and to identify them empirically in European NUTS-2 regions. The results highlight a broad variety of policy settings, whose characteristics are relevant to the outcome of Cohesion Policy implementation. Read the transcript Watch the video on Vimeo ER -