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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
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Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 3
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Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302). |
| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Matrix -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Divergence: Big Time -- 2. The Conflicting Nature of the Integration Problem in European Union -- Part I: Is the Convergence Process so Important? -- Chapter 1. What does Regional ''Convergence'' Imply? -- 1. The European Commission's Target, Diagnosis and Dilemma -- 2. What Consequences for Growth: The Contradictory Predictions of Economic Models -- 3. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. How to Measure ''Convergence''? -- 1. The Convergence in Practice -- 2. The limits of Classical Convergence -- 3. Conclusion -- Part II: The European Regions at the Parting of the Ways -- Chapter 3. Relative Performances and Regional Growth Factors -- 1. Relative Performances and Absolute Convergence -- 2. Sources of Regional Growth and Wealth -- 3. The Structure of the European Productive System -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. European Regional Clubs -- 1. The Evolution of Regional Disparities -- 2. Sectoral Clustering -- 3. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Chapter 5. An Effective European Polarization -- 1. The Core-Periphery Dynamics of the European Space -- 2. The Appearance and the Management of Competitive Poles -- 3. Conclusion -- Part III: The Enlargement at Stake: Towards Regional Integration? -- Chapter 6. The European Transition Countries and Integration -- 1. The ETC's Regional Disparities: What Level of Convergence? -- 2. The ETC's Regional Clubs -- 3. Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Is there a European Far East? -- 1. The First Band: Ukraine at the Crossroads -- 2. Russia and the Urals Frontier? -- 3. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 1. Towards a Theory of Regional Divergence: Create First, Re-Distribute After -- 2. The Crucial Dilemma Between Equity and Growth, Betweeen Glocal Dynamics and Global Stagnation -- 3. Managing Conflict Between Greater Integration and Pursuit of the Enlargement Process -- Annexes -- Annex 1 List of European Regions -- Annex 2 Map of the European Regions (NUTS 1) -- Annex 3 List of French Regions -- Annex 4 List of European Transition Countries' Regions -- Annex 5 Map of the 53 Regions of the 8 European Transition Countries' (NUTS 2) -- Annex 6 Map of Russia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
Today, Europe is facing a political crisis because it has not solved a double dilemma. The first one is institutional and concerns the frontiers of the Union and thus the number of potential regions. The second one is economic, and makes it necessary to choose between, on the one hand, the need to strengthen the European growth poles (especially the metropolitan regions) in order to compete successfully with the Triad and the Asiatic countries and, on the other, the obligation to ensure "harmonious development" and to distribute the structural funds more evenly or even to concentrate them in t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Convergence (Economics) -- European Union countries.
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Convergence (Economics) |
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European Union countries. |
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Conflict management -- Economic aspects -- European Union countries.
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Conflict management. |
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European Union countries -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities.
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Economic conditions. |
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Regional disparities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carluer, Frédéric. Managing conflict in economic convergence of regions in greater Europe. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007 9780762313570 0762313579 (OCoLC)81453220 |
| ISBN |
9781849504515 (electronic book) |
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1849504512 (electronic book) |
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0080476805 (electronic book) |
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9780080476803 (electronic book) |
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0762313579 (Cloth) |
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9780762313570 (hardback) |
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