How does policy-making trigger the institutionalization of steering capacities? This book investigates this question by tackling why the European Commission expanded competences that were intentionally limited to the specific pre-accession context prior the 2004/07 EU enlargemen…
"The book presents a timely examination on a range of issues present in the discussions on the integration of ethnic minorities in Central Eastern Europe: norm setting, equality promotion, multiculturalism, nation-building, social cohesion, and ethnic diversity. It insightfully …
This text is about the process of institutional change, its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. With specific focus on Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, this edition examines the process of development,and its interdependence w…
This text reflects upon the ten years since the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe and looks at what lies ahead for the future. It addresses issues such as liberal democracy and its enemies and modernity and discontent.
"The Soviet Union's dramatic collapse in 1991 was a pivotal moment in the complex history of central and Eastern Europe, and Ivan Berend here offers a magisterial new account of the dramatic transformation that culminated in ten former Soviet bloc countries joining the European …
This volume, from the Centre for Economic Policy Research, examines the discussion surrounding both actual and possible future expansion of the European Union. The contributors address the key issues in the debate, providing new insights.
Essays on recent developments in agriculture-oriented human geography - examines developments in theory and methodology, problems of classification of farming systems, innovations in cultivation systems, and agribusiness in developed countries; analyses agricultural policies in …
"From 1998 to 2005, six elections took place in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia that had the surprising outcome of empowering the opposition and defeating authoritarian incumbents or their designated successors. Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik compare these unexpected el…
"These lively essays make for the rare collection that is greater than the sum of its parts. Bookended by a substantive Foreword and Afterword, they upend the standard ̀diagnosis of nostalgia' found across the former Soviet bloc, refuting the popular conception that Eastern Europ…
Standards are everywhere, yet go mostly unnoticed. They define how products, processes, and people interact, assessing these entities? features and performance and signaling their level of quality and reliability. They can convey important benefits to trade, productivity, and te…