The inclusion of territorial cohesion in the Lisbon Treaty triggered a discussion on how to implement territorial cohesion at the EU level, but without clear results. One of the main short-comings in this discussion is the lack of awareness about the main reasoning and core objectives of...

Introduction and key concepts / Sophia Davidova, Ashok Mishra and Ken Thomson (Editors) -- EU policies and rural employment / Berkeley Hill -- U.S. policies and rural employment / David Blandford -- Trends in rural employment -- Rural employment trends in the EU / David Harvey -- Special study :...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were established to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Polish regions in order to increase their social and economic development. One of the most important incentives offered in SEZs is state aid in the form of an income tax exemption. The objective of this paper is...