This book analyzes regional and local models of development, in the context of existing socio-economic disparities and the impact of EU enlargement and European policy, offering a comparative and in-depth analysis of the distinct nature of regional differences within Central and Eastern Europe.

Autorentext
IVO BI?ANI? Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Recurrent Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary ANNA G?SIOR-NIEMIEC Research Associate, European Studies Unit, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rzeszów, Poland GRZEGORZ GORZELAK Professor of economics, specialising in regional and local development and policies; Director of the Centre for European Regional and Local Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland CHIARA GUGLIELMETTI Researcher, School on Local Development, University of Trento, Italy PETER HUBER Researcher, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Austria SORIN IONITA Research Director, Romanian Academic Society, Romania; Associate Lecturer at the National School of Government, Bucharest, and Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania GRZEGORZ W. KOLODKO Founder and Director of TIGER Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Kozminski Business School, Warsaw, Poland PETR PAVLÍNEK Professor of Geography, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA VEDRANA PRIBI?EVI? Collaborator and tutor, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia ÉVA RUTTKAY Lecturer, Education Centre for the Hungarian Public Servants and the Modern Economies of Business High School, Tatabánya, Hungary; Lecturer, University of Babes-Bólyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania ALEKSANDER SURDEJ Professor of European Public Policies, Cracow University of Economics, Poland.

Inhalt
Introduction: Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States; P.Blokker & B.Dallago PART I: REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Time Horizon and Institutional Underpinnings of Local Development; A.Surdej Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe; G.Gorzelak Local Development in European Union Perspective: Cohesion and Regional Policies in Central and Eastern Europe; C.Guglielmetti Poland's Great Transformation and the Lessons to be Learnt; G.W.Kolodko Regional Labour Market Developments in Transition; P.Huber Regional Development Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Pavlinek PART II: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, AND DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGIES IN NEW AND PROSPECTIVE MEMBER STATES Local Development and Local Policy in Hungary - Challenges and Perspectives in Changing Circumstances; É.Ruttkay Local Government in the Process of Transformation; A.Gasior-Niemiec Social Benefits and Administrative Strains: the Golden Burden of EU Funds at the Subnational Level in Romania; S.Ionita Multiple Shocks and Changes in the Development Gradient of Croatia's Regions?; I.Bi?ani?