Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States

1. Introduction: Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States
Paul Blokker, Bruno Dallago

Part I. Regional Diversity in Central and Eastern Europe

2. Time Horizons and the Institutional Underpinnings of Local Development
Aleksander Surdej

3. Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Grzegorz Gorzelak

4. Local Development in a European Union Perspective: Cohesion and Regional Policies in Central and Eastern Europe
Chiara Guglielmetti

5. Poland’s Great Transformation and the Lessons to be Learnt
Grzegorz W. Kolodko

6. Regional Labour Market Disparities in an Enlarged European Union
Peter Huber

7. Regional Development Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe
Petr Pavlínek

Part II. European Integration, Regional Disparities and Developmental Strategies in New and Prospective Member States

8. Local Development and Local Government in Hungary: Challenges for a New Local Policy
Éva Ruttkay

9. Local Government in the Process of Transformation
Anna Gąsior-Niemiec

10. How to Avoid the ‘Mezzogiorno Syndrome’: The Golden Burden of EU Funds in the Romanian Regions
Sorin Ioniţă

11. Multiple Shocks and Changes in the Development Gradient of Croatia’s Regions
Ivo Bićanić, Vedrana Pribičević

Nyckelord: Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, International Economics, Economic Systems, Development Economics