Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) |
Series |
Regions and Cities |
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Regions and cities.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One: Introduction; Chapter 1 Economic Change in the Regions of Europe; Chapter 2 The Regions in an Enlarged Europe; Chapter 3 Shifts in Europe and their Impact on the European Spatial Structure; Chapter 4 Economic Reforms in East-Central Europe; Part Two: European Community Post 1992: Regions in Competition; Chapter 5 The Regional Impact of the Internal Market: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Industrial Regions and Lagging Regions |
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Chapter 6 The Economic Role of Regional Governments in the European CommunityChapter 7 The Spatial Impact of the Social Chapter; Chapter 8 The Single European Market: Implications for Local and Regional Authorities; Chapter 9 European Financial Integration: The Search for an 'Island of Monetary Stability' in the Seas of Global Financial Turbulence; Chapter 10 The Impact on Regions of Completion of the European Community Internal Market for Financial Services; Chapter 11 European Integration and Public Finance: The Political Economy of Regional Support |
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Chapter 12 The Additionality (or otherwise) of European Community Structural FundsChapter 13 The European Community's RECHAR Programme: An Adequate Response to the Problems of Coal Areas?; Part Three: The Transformation Process in Eastern and Central Europe; Chapter 14 Spatial Inequality in Gorbachev's Era; Chapter 15 Regional Policy and Regional Structure in the former Soviet Union: From Unity to Disintegration; Chapter 16 The Regional Dimension in Hungary: Aspects of Transformation in 1991-92; Chapter 17 Labour Mobility between Western and Eastern European Countries |
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Part Four: The Process of Adjustment in Peripheral RegionsChapter 18 Urban and Regional Restructuring in Northern Greece and the Single European Market; Chapter 19 Local Economic Development in Peripheral Rural Areas: The Case of Portugal; Chapter 20 Economic Restructuring within the European Periphery: The Experience of Ireland; Part Five: Conclusion; Chapter 21 Policy Agenda for the Decade; List of Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index |
Summary |
The political and economic geography of Europe is changing - the European Community is expanding its boundaries towards EFTA and is resuming a closer association with Central and Eastern European regions engaged in radical restructuring. As EC integration accelerates there is the prospect of intensified inter-regional competition. This book, divided into five parts, examines in detail the changes and the challenge for policy makers. The introduction draws out the central themes of the book, addressing EC regional performance and future indicators, the enlargement and changing map of Europe and |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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Author |
Hardy, Sally
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Hart, Mark
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Katos, Anastasios
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ISBN |
9781136035524 |
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1136035524 |
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