In: Routledge Studies in the European Economy Ser.
Intro -- Epigraph -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction: Europe, its civilizations and historical regions -- Europe and its civilization -- The idea and reality of European integration -- In spite of integration, major macro-regional differences -- Is the Central and Eastern European backwardness the legacy of communism? -- The "longue durée" approach -- Evaluating and measuring peripheral backwardness -- The terms of backwardness, its measurement and generalization -- Regional differences and the future of Europe -- Notes -- 1 Long historical roads toward regional differences within Europe: Four regions in 1913 -- Explanatory theories and the reality -- The road toward a high level of advancement: Northwest Europe -- The revolutionary transformation of the Western mind from the Renaissance via Reformation to Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment -- Northwest Europe at the top -- Dead-end roads and relative backwardness in the peripheries -- Stimulating influence by the connection with the advanced core -- Three distinct peripheral macro-regions before World War I -- Notes -- 2 A radically changed world, yet unchanged regional division: Four regions in early-21st-century Europe -- The 21st century: a dramatically changed world and Europe -- The regionalization of the enlarged European Union -- The other side of core-periphery relations: the road to catch up -- Four regions in the early 21st century -- The changing position of some countries in an unchanged regional divide -- Europe's divided regions' position in the world -- Notes -- 3 What preserves regional differences?: The social, economic, and cultural factors -- The dialectic of change and continuity -- Survival of micro-regional peripheral backwardness in advanced countries.
In: Routledge studies in the European economy
In: Routledge Studies in the European Economy Ser
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction: Europe, its civilizations and historical regions -- Europe and its civilization -- The idea and reality of European integration -- In spite of integration, major macro-regional differences -- Is the Central and Eastern European backwardness the legacy of communism? -- The "longue durée" approach -- Evaluating and measuring peripheral backwardness -- The terms of backwardness, its measurement and generalization -- Regional differences and the future of Europe -- Notes -- 1 Long historical roads toward regional differences within Europe: Four regions in 1913 -- Explanatory theories and the reality -- The road toward a high level of advancement: Northwest Europe -- The revolutionary transformation of the Western mind from the Renaissance via Reformation to Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment -- Northwest Europe at the top -- Dead-end roads and relative backwardness in the peripheries -- Stimulating influence by the connection with the advanced core -- Three distinct peripheral macro-regions before World War I -- Notes -- 2 A radically changed world, yet unchanged regional division: Four regions in early-21st-century Europe -- The 21st century: a dramatically changed world and Europe -- The regionalization of the enlarged European Union -- The other side of core-periphery relations: the road to catch up -- Four regions in the early 21st century -- The changing position of some countries in an unchanged regional divide -- Europe's divided regions' position in the world -- Notes -- 3 What preserves regional differences?: The social, economic, and cultural factors -- The dialectic of change and continuity -- Survival of micro-regional peripheral backwardness in advanced countries.
In: Routledge studies in the European economy
"This book presents the sharp regional differences within the integrating European continent. Four regions-Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern-Southeastern Europe-represent high, medium, and relatively less-developed levels of economic advancement. These disparities have emerged as a result of historical differences that produced and reinforced cultural and behavioural differences. The author examines the distinctions between the regions, looks at how these differences transpired and became so retrenched, and answers the question of why some countries were able to elevate to higher levels of economic development while others could not. This book is unique in that it provides a timely historical analysis of the main causes of the most pressing conflicts in Europe today. Readers will come away from this book with a deeper understanding of the sharp divergence in economic standing between the four different regions of Europe, as well as knowledge about how institutional corruption and other cultural features exacerbated these variations. The book also offers a better understanding of major European Union conflicts between member countries and between member and non-member countries, as well as the rise of autocratic regimes in certain countries. The book begins with a short history of European integration throughout European civilization and then goes on to discuss the modern reality of integration and attempts to homogenize the Continent that divided into four different macro-regions. It will primarily appeal to scholars, researchers and students studying Europe from various fields, including economics, business, history, political science and sociology, as well as, a general readership interested in Europe's past, present, and future"--
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"This book presents the sharp regional differences within the integrating European continent. Four regions-Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern-Southeastern Europe-represent high, medium, and relatively less-developed levels of economic advancement. These disparities have emerged as a result of historical differences that produced and reinforced cultural and behavioural differences. The author examines the distinctions between the regions, looks at how these differences transpired and became so retrenched, and answers the question of why some countries were able to elevate to higher levels of economic development while others could not. This book is unique in that it provides a timely historical analysis of the main causes of the most pressing conflicts in Europe today. Readers will come away from this book with a deeper understanding of the sharp divergence in economic standing between the four different regions of Europe, as well as knowledge about how institutional corruption and other cultural features exacerbated these variations. The book also offers a better understanding of major European Union conflicts between member countries and between member and non-member countries, as well as the rise of autocratic regimes in certain countries. The book begins with a short history of European integration throughout European civilization and then goes on to discuss the modern reality of integration and attempts to homogenize the Continent that divided into four different macro-regions. It will primarily appeal to scholars, researchers and students studying Europe from various fields, including economics, business, history, political science and sociology, as well as, a general readership interested in Europe's past, present, and future."
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