Transformation and European integration : the local dimension / edited by Bruno Dallago.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dallago, Bruno, 1950-

Series:

Studies in economic transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Economic policy.

Balkan Peninsula--Economic conditions.

Balkan Peninsula.

Economic conditions.

Balkan Peninsula--Economic policy.

European Union--Balkan Peninsula.

Europe--Economic integration.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xviii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

This book is about the local dimension of transformation in the framework of European integration. The Balkan countries have acquired particular importance since the 1990s due to the international spillover of their transformation and domestic destabilization. The book outlines the path of the Balkans to European integration, highlighting the important role that local development issues can play. In this respect the experience of these countries can supply useful insights and ideas for pursuing development and internal integration in destabilized and ethnically complex and conflicting areas.

Contents:

1 The Local Dimension of Transformation: an Introduction / Bruno Dallago 1

Local development 3

Starting conditions and reforms 9

Institutions in local development 13

2 EU Expansion and Regional Policy / Paul Marer 20

Evolution of regional policies, 1957-2004 21

The EU Budget 23

Structural funds: criteria, objectives and allocations 25

Pre-accession assistance to the countries of CEE 27

Aid and pre-accession assistance to the Western Balkans 33

Regional policy coordination 35

Regional aid prospects through 2013 38

Efficiency and impact of regional policies 39

3 National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and Politics in the Balkans / Simona Piattoni 45

The evolution of structural policy, 1975-2006 46

The 2006 structural funds reform 49

The goals of Europeanization 54

The challenges of Europeanization 58

4 Inequality, Poverty and Growth: the Balkan Case / Gabriella Berloffa, Maria Luigia Segnana 64

Stylized facts in the Balkans 65

Trade, growth and the adjustment costs to trade integration 71

Inequality and the sustainability of growth 78

5 Reforms of Local Government in SEE: Closer to Europe? / Jens Woelk 85

Traditions of local self-government in former Yugoslavia 85

The ECLSG 87

Organization of local self-government in SEE today 88

Constitutional and legislative foundations of local self-government 89

Scope of local self-government and its relations with the central government 93

Administrative structures and financial resources 99

Local democracy, citizens' participation, accountability 101

LSG and the ethnic question 102

Closer to Europe?: from legislative reform to implementation 104

6 Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in SEE / Bruno Dallago 108

Starting conditions: transformation and entrepreneurship 110

Business environment and entrepreneurial capabilities 113

SME policies 114

A difficult guest: the irregular economy 119

7 Elites in the Making, and Their Organizational Behaviour: Cases in Russia and the Balkans / Bruno Grancelli, Antonio M. Chiesi 127

Introduction: beyond the debate on elite reproduction vs circulation 127

Elites in the making in different organizational environments 130

8 International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro / Will Bartlett 142

International aid flows to the post-socialist countries of South-East Europe 145

Local economic development in Montenegro 147

Government policies towards the North 150

International donor activities in Montenegro 152

International assistance and policy transfer 153

9 Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in SEE: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future / Milford Bateman 158

Background to co-operative development in SEE 159

Co-operative development in Croatia 162

Key co-operative development issues in Croatia 165

Policy implications for SEE 172

10 De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of 'Triveneto' Industrial SMEs' De-localization in Romania / Italo Trevisan 177

Methodology and data used 178

Industrial district and 'area sistema' 179

Characteristics and reproducibility of an 'area sistema' 181

The Veronese footwear district 184

Outward processing trade between Italy and CEE countries 186

Trade with Romania 188

Small businesses de-localization in Romania and the adaptation of the AS model 190

The Veneto SMEs and the Veronese footwear district in Romania 193

11 The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: the Local Development in SEE / Sandro Gozi 197

Towards a stabilization process 198

From Zagreb to Thessalonica: a new impetus to the Eurobalkan policy or a missed opportunity? 203

For a Europeanization of the Balkans 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index.

ISBN:

1403947813

OCLC:

61448250

Publisher Number:

9781403947819

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