Transformation and European Integration: The Local Dimension Book

List of Tables and Figures     viii
Preface     xi
Acknowledgements     xiii
Notes on the Contributors     xiv
List of Abbreviations     xvi
The Local Dimension of Transformation: an Introduction   Bruno Dallago     1
Introduction     1
Local development     3
Starting conditions and reforms     9
Institutions in local development     13
Conclusions     17
EU Expansion and Regional Policy   Paul Marer     20
Introduction     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
Conclusions     43
National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and Politics in the Balkans   Simona Piattoni     45
Introduction     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
Conclusions     62
Inequality, Poverty and Growth: the Balkan Case   Gabriella Berloffa   Maria Luigia Segnana     64
Introduction     64
Stylized facts in the Balkans     65
Trade, growth and the adjustment costs to trade integration     71
Inequality and the sustainability of growth     78
Conclusion     82
Reforms of Local Government in SEE: Closer to Europe?   Jens Woelk     85
Introduction     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
Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in SEE   Bruno Dallago     108
Introduction     108
Starting conditions: transformation and entrepreneurship     110
Business environment and entrepreneurial capabilities     113
SME policies     114
A difficult guest: the irregular economy     119
Conclusions     125
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
Conclusions     140
International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro   Will Bartlett     142
Introduction     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
Conclusions     155
Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in SEE: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future   Milford Bateman     158
Introduction     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
De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of 'Triveneto' Industrial SMEs' De-localization in Romania   Italo Trevisan     177
Introduction     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
The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: the Local Development in SEE   Sandro Gozi     197
Introduction     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
Conclusion     208
References     211
Index     228