Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe [electronic resource] /
Bartlett, Will.editor.
Maleković, Sanja.editor.
Monastiriotis, Vassilis.editor.
Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe. This book provides practical analysis of the devolutionary measures reshaping post-Communist economies. Using case studies from Croatia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and more, this collection offers valuable insights into political and fiscal redistribution.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1 Decentralization Paradigms in South East Europe: An Introduction; Part II: Decentralization and Local Development; 2 Puzzles in Local Development and Transformation in South East Europe; 3 Less is More: Decentralization in Croatia and Its Impact on Regional Development; 4 Regional Policy and Decentralization in Montenegro; Part III: Decentralization in Ethnically Divided Societies; 5 Decentralization and Regionalization in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Context, Model and Implementation Challenges
6 Decentralization in Kosovo: Defusing Ethnic Tensions or Furthering Ethnic Isolation?7 Decentralization as an Effective Tool of State-Building? The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo; Part IV: Implementation Deficits - Case Studies; 8 Decentralization and Regional Policy in Romania and Bulgaria; 9 The Integration of Administrative and Fiscal Decentralization: The Case of Albania; 10 The Role of the Third Sector in Providing Social Services at the Local Level in Transitional Serbia; 11 Strategic Planning of Local Economic Development in Vojvodina
12 Towards Policy Entrepreneurship at Community Level: The Impact of Decentralization on Local Public Services in MacedoniaPart V: Spatial Inequalities; 13 The Nature of Spatial Inequalities in South East Europe and the Scope for Decentralized Regional Policy: An Analysis of Bulgaria and Serbia; 14 A NUTS2 View of Regional Inequality in Croatia, 1968-2008; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe. This book provides practical analysis of the devolutionary measures reshaping post-Communist economies. Using case studies from Croatia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and more, this collection offers valuable insights into political and fiscal redistribution.
Economic policy.
Regional economics.
Development economics.
Economic growth.
Economics.
Macroeconomics.
Economic Policy.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Development Economics.
Economic Growth.
Political Economy/Economic Systems.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.