Transformation and European Integration - The Local Dimension

This book is about transformation in the framework of European integration. Specifically, the path of the Balkans to European integration is outlined, although the track is admittedly uncertain. The Balkan countries have acquired particular importance since the 1990s due to their domestic destabilization. The Balkans countries have been looking for good examples and ideas to pursue development and internal integration in destabilized and ethnically complex and conflicting areas.

List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors LIst of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface The Local Dimension of Transformation: An Introduction; B.Dallago EU Expansion and Regional Policy; P.Marer National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and the Politics in the Balkans; S.Piattoni Inequality, Poverty and Growth: The Balkan Case; G.Berloffa & M.L.Segnana Reforms of Local Development in South-East Europe: Closer to Europe?; J.Woelk Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in South-East Europe; B.Dallago Elites in the Making, and their Organizational Behaviour: Cases in Russia and the Balkans; B.Grancelli & A.M.Chiesi International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro; W.Bartlett Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in South-East Europe: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future; M.Bateman De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of 'Triveneto' Industrial Smes' De-localization in Romania; I.Trevisan The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: The Local Development in South-East Europe; S.Gozi References Index