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2013.
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Starting from the empirical observation of high levels of absorption of EU cohesion funds but strikingly low levels of substantive change in regional cohesion, this essay offers a contextual analysis of regional development policies in Hungary. Based on theoretical frameworks dealing with Europeanisation, new regionalism and participative development, it explores the reasons for this observation by analysing the role of administrative and planning structures and of development discourses. The essay shows that the Europeanisation of regional development policy triggered several changes in the planning process and led to the partial inclusion of new actors. However, the main effect of this was a growing centralisation of development policy making. The essay explains this by pointing to the domestic political context and the historical foundations of regional development discourses of the conservative and leftist liberal parties. While there are overlaps between the discourses on both sides of the ideological divide, they are perceived as incompatible by political actors. Thus, it is argued that considerations of political power, rather than ideological nature, shape Hungarian regional and development policy and explain the incremental reform process.
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121249
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2013.
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In August 2011 the Turkish prime minister Tayyib Erdogan arrived in
Somalia with a substantial delegation consisting of his family, ministers, and
civil society activists, along with Turkish celebrities, to highlight the need for
greater famine relief. In Mogadishu, Erdogan declared that the tragedy of
Somalia is a test of civilization and contemporary values.1
For any long-term
observer of Turkish interest in Africa, this visit seemed natural-an upshot
of Turkey's aspiration to become a regional power that "displays a superiority
in terms of power capabilities and exerts influence on shaping the regional
order."
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