Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe. This text 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.
Decentralization is changing the face of South East Europe. This book provides practical analysis of the devolutionary measures reshaping post-Communist economies.
Decentralization of government to regional and local levels, in both is administrative and fiscal forms, has taken place to different extents in the countries of South East Europe and this book discusses the many factors and three main forms that make this so. Going through Europe's history, looking at religion and economical growth and understanding the politics of a nation under a Communist regime, this book analyses the extent and evolution of the decentralization and local development in South East Europe in the 1900s.
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.
PART I: INTRODUCTION Decentralisation Paradigms in South East Europe: an
Introduction; W.Bartlett, S.Malekovic & V.Monastiriotis PART II:
DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Explaining Puzzles in Local
Development and Transformation; B.Dallago Less is More: Decentralisation in
Croatia and its Impact on Regional Development; D.Alibegovic Local Economic
Development in Montenegro; W.Bartlett & B.ievic PART III: DECENTRALISATION
IN ETHNICALLY DIVIDED SOCIETIES Decentralisation and Regionalisation in
Bosnia and Herzegovina; V.Bojicic-Dzelilovic Decentralsation in Kosovo:
Furthering National Unity of Ethnic Isolation? L.Burema Decentralisation as
an Effective Tool of State-Building? The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Kosovo; L.Srzic PART IV: IMPLEMENTATION DEFICITS - CASE STUDIES
Decentralisation and Regional Policy in Eastern Europe: Considerations on
Romania and Bulgaria; C.Matiuta The Integration of Administrative and Fiscal
Decentralisation: The Case of Albania: E.Gjini The Role of the Third Sector
in Providing Social Services at the Local Level in Transitional Serbia;
M.Kolin Does Strategic Planning of Local Economic Development in Vojvodina
Municipalities Improve Cooperation between Public and Private Sectors?
D.Mijacic Towards Policy Entrepreneurship at Community Level: The Impact of
Decentralisation on Local Public Services in Macedonia; M.Risteska PART V:
SPATIAL INEQUALITIES The Nature of Spatial Inequalities in SEE and the Scope
for Decentralised Regional Policy: an Analysis of Bulgaria and Serbia;
V.Monastiriotis The Long-run Evolution of Regional Inequalities: Evidence
from Croatia; I.Bicanic & V.Pribicevic
William Bartlett is Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, UK, and Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has been Lecturer in Development Economics and Comparative Economic Systems at the Universities of Southampton, Bath and Bristol; Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy; and Professor of Social Economics at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He has been President of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP, 19982000) and President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES, 20068). He has worked as Senior Economic Advisor to the European Commission in Kosovo, and as a consultant to the European Parliament, the European Training Foundation, UNDP, the World Bank and other international organizations on various assignments in SEE.
Sanja Malekovic is Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for International Relations, Zagreb, Croatia. She has been a lecturer for the postgraduate course on European Studies at the University of Padua (EU Cohesion Policy) and is currently a lecturer for the postgraduate course on EU Economics at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, as well as Business Academy Experta on the subject of EC Cohesion Policy. She has been engaged as an expert on a number of projects supported by the EC, UNDP, World Bank, ILO and Croatian central and regional government institutions related toregional development and policy as well as evaluation of development programmes.
Vassilis Monastiriotis is Senior Lecturer in the Political Economy of South Eastern Europe at the European Institute at the London School of Economics, UK. He is currently Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe (LSEE) and Research Affiliate at the Hellenic Observatory and the Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC). He is co-editor of Spatial Economic Analysis and a Committee Member of the Regional Science Association International (British & Irish Section). His research covers a range of topics from labour economics and employment relations to regional economics, economic growth and macroeconomic policy. His publications include articles in the Journal of Regional Science, Regional Studies, Empirical Economics, Review of Development Economics, and others. In 2008 he received the Moss Madden Memorial Medal in Regional Science.
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