Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States

This book analyzes regional and local models of development, in the context of existing socio-economic disparities and the impact of EU enlargement and European policy, offering a comparitive and in-depth analysis of the distinct nature of regional differences within Central and Eastern Europe.

BRUNO DALLAGO is Professor of Economics at the University of Trento and Director of the School on Local Development. He was President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies; Visiting Professor at various universities, including the University of California at Berkeley, and at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo; and consultant to various international organizations. His research interests include comparative economics, the transforming economies of Central and East Europe, SMEs and entrepreneurship.

PAUL BLOKKER is currently a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, and holds a PhD from the European University Institute, Florence. Blokker is a member of the Centre for Social and Political Thought and the Sussex European Institute at the University of Sussex, and the Europe in the World Centre (EWC) at the University of Liverpool. His recent publications include: 'Multiple Democracies: Political Culture and Democratic Variety in Post-Enlargement Europe' in Contemporary Politics and Youth Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Paul Blokker and Bruno Dallago.