Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Time Horizons and the Institutional Underpinnings of Local Development....Pages 31-42
Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 43-62
Local Development in a European Union Perspective: Cohesion and Regional Policies in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 63-98
Poland’s Great Transformation and the Lessons to be Learnt....Pages 99-121
Regional Labour Market Disparities in an Enlarged European Union....Pages 122-165
Regional Development Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 166-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Local Development and Local Government in Hungary: Challenges for a New Local Policy....Pages 197-227
Local Government in the Process of Transformation....Pages 228-252
How to Avoid the ‘Mezzogiorno Syndrome’: The Golden Burden of EU Funds in the Romanian Regions....Pages 253-271
Multiple Shocks and Changes in the Development Gradient of Croatia’s Regions....Pages 272-293
Back Matter....Pages 294-299