THE CATEGORY OF INTRA-REGIONAL POLICY: POLISH PERSPECTIVE

The paper discusses concepts of intra-regional policy which reflect its Polish perspective. The author develops his own definitions of this policy, identifies its stakeholders and constructs two classifications of its objectives. Next he defines the category of intra-regional policy instruments and presents their main features. Final part of the paper offers the author's original classification of intra-regional policy tools based on the form criterion of their impact on regional structures.