Based on the author's extensive research in the field, this book analyzes regional policy for the whole of Europe. Comparing East and West, it offers a new model of regional policy and gives an overview of the direction that it may take in Europe as a whole. Topics covered include: the evaluation of regional policy; its main aims; its "infrastructure" in Western Europe; its form in Eastern Europe; and the development of regional policy from 1917 to the 1990s. The book is intended for professionals and academics working in the areas of regional studies, economics and policy studies.
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Part 1 Regional Policy and State: State as a location factor; Theoretical base of regional policy; Regional policy and social economic life; Evolution of regional policy; Regional policy in Western and Eastern Europe: two approaches. Part II Western Europe - Main Directions of Regional Policy: Development of old industrial areas; Help for underdeveloped areas; Regulation of agglomeration; Regional policy in the EC. Part III Western Europe - Regional Policy in Operation: Institutional infrastructure; Delimitation of problem areas; Direct and indirect incentives; Effectiveness of regional policy. Part IV Regional Policy in Russia, USSR-Russia and Eastern Europe: Regional policy and country development; Regional policy and perestrolka; Regional policy in post-USSR period; Regional policy in eastern Europe; Using western experience?; Conclusion: main findings; Future of regional policy.
