Spaces and Places in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical Trends and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138361386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018

Gyula Horvath

Opis

Across Europe there is a rapidly changing context for undertaking regional development. In the 20th century, development of the former planned economies (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia), was defined by these countries differences, rather than their common ideological roots. These disparities altered over time and were marked by changing social structures. However, the ranking of regions has remained the same as core areas have strengthened their positions while the structural obstacles to the modernisation of peripheral areas have remained due to a lack of coherent regional policy.

Spis treści

1. Regional transition in the Central and Eastern European countries  2. Regions in Central and Eastern Europe  3. Towards a Knowledge based regional development: decentralization of science and research  4. The German Mezzogiorno? The natural history of East German regional development  5. Regional transformation in Russia  6. Regionalism in a unitary state: the case of Hungary  7. Interregional cooperation in a Central European macro-region: the case of the Carpathian Basin

O autorze

Gyula Horváth is Professor in Regional Economics and Policy of the University of Pécs, Hungary and Scientific advisor of Institute of Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.