Transformation and European Integration: The Local Dimension

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
The Local Dimension of Transformation: an Introduction....Pages 1-19
EU Expansion and Regional Policy....Pages 20-44
National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and Politics in the Balkans....Pages 45-63
Inequality, Poverty and Growth: the Balkan Case....Pages 64-84
Reforms of Local Government in SEE: Closer to Europe?....Pages 85-107
Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in SEE....Pages 108-126
Elites in the Making, and Their Organizational Behaviour: Cases in Russia and the Balkans....Pages 127-141
International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro....Pages 142-157
Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in SEE: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future....Pages 158-176
De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of ‘Triveneto’ Industrial SMEs’ De-localization in Romania....Pages 177-196
The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: the Local Development in SEE....Pages 197-210
Back Matter....Pages 211-230