Development in turbulent times : the many faces of inequality within Europe / Paul Dobrescu, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobrescu, Paul, editor.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Europe.

Economic development.

Equality--Europe.

Equality.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : SpringerOpen, [2019]

Summary:

This open access book explores the most recent trneds in the EU in terms of development, progress, and performance. Ten years after the 2008 economic crisis, and amidst a digital revolution that is intensifying the development race, the European Union, and especially Central and Eastern Europe, are ardently searching for their development priorities. Against this background, by relying on a cross-national perspective, the authors reflect upon the development challenges of the moment, such as sustainable development, reducing inequality, ensuring social cohesion, and driving the digital revolution. They particularly focus on the relation between the less-developed Eastern part of the EU and its more developed Western counterpart, and discuss the consequences of this development gap in detail. Lastly, the book presents a range of case studies from different areas of governance, such as economy and commerce, health services, education, migration and public opinion in order to investigate the trends most likely to impact the European Union's medium and long-term development.

Contents:

Part I. Envisaging development in the contemporary society: theory and public debates

Introduction

Why do some countries develop and others not?

Measuring the hard-to-measure in development: dimensions, measurement challenges, and responses

Get it right this time? Leaving the periphery of the European economic development

"Nous choisissons l'Europe": EU's economic development and current challenges

European imbalances: the sound and the fury

Unable to stop inequality from rising: evidence from Romania

Part II. Challenges and opportunities for development in the post-crisis period

The East-West divide in the European Union: a development divide reframed as a political one

New frontiers in sovereign wealth fund capitalization

The impact of macroeconomic factors on FDI attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia and Greece in comparison

Heatlh care and migration: what data can tell us of the hard-to-measure impact of migration on the European health systems

The multiple impact of education gaps in Romania

Europeanization in the making: perceptions of the economic effects of European integration in Romania.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

3030113604

9783030113605

OCLC:

1078552255