Has a new post-socialist Central Europe emerged? This question is doubly significant at the end of the 20th century when related to that combination of events which have led to the geopolitical destruction/reconstruction of the European continent. When related to the discipline of geography a further, far more delicate and complex methodological step arises with the question of how to synthetically identify a macro-region. It is important to determine whether Central Europe is more than a zone of transition, a mere stride from Europe's current political and economic core. Moreover, it is significant to assess whether processes affecting this region are modified or transformed by regional factors; or whether one can even observe processes typical for this region which are absent from others. This book deals with Central Europe's geopolitical position, together with the transformation and migration processes occuring there and its effect on that area.
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Höhe: 21 cm
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978-3-631-33748-6 (9783631337486)
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The Editors: Francis W. Carter. Born 1938 in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England. Educated in geography at the universities of Sheffield (B.A. Hons.); Cambridge (Dip. Educ.); London (M.A.; Ph.D.); Prague (D. Nat. Sc.); Cracow (D. Phil.) In 1990 appointed Head of the Department of Social Sciences at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London.
Peter Jordan. Born 1949 in Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria. Educated in geography and ethnology at the University of Vienna (D. Phil.), habilitation at the University of Klagenfurt. From 1977-1989 he was a member of the editorial staff for the Atlas of the Danubian Countries. In 1989 appointed Head of the Department of Geography at the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Vienna; editor-in-chief of the Atlas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
Violette Rey. Born 1943 in Grenoble, Isère. Educated in geography and history at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) and the Sorbonne, Paris. Founding member of the Équipe P.A.R.I.S.-CNRS. Since 1986 she has been a professor at the ENS Fontenay-St. Cloud and director of the 'Geophile' research centre. Member of the editorial staff for the 'Géographie Universelle RECLUS'; author of a volume on 'Europe centre orientale', 1996.
Contents: Francis W. Carter: Central Europe, Fact or Geographical Fiction? - Violette Rey: The New Central Europe: Waiting for Convergence? - Vladimir Kolossov: Geopolitical Scenarios for Eastern and Central Europe in a Post-bipolar World - Milan Bufon: Some Political-Geographical Problems of Transition in Central Europe: the Case of Slovenia - Mladen Klemencic: Croatia and Central Europe: Past and future Prospects - Antoni Kuklinski: Research Priorities in the Transformation of Central Europe - Petr Dostál / Martin Hampl: Transformation of East-Central Europe: General Principles under Differentiating Conditions - György Enyedi: New Regional Processes in Post-Socialist Central Europe - Elisabeth Lichtenberger: Geography of Transition in East-Central Europe: Society and Settlement Systems - Marie-Claude Maurel: Post-Collectivist Local Societies in Central Europe - René Verhoeff: The Transformation of International Tourism in Central Europe - Between State and Market - Lauren Eastwood: From Revolution to Dissolution: Recent Transitions of the Eastern European Environmental Movement - Alma Bianchetti: Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Problems and future Prospects for a Central European Border and Bridge Region in the Process of European Integration - Bronislaw Kortus: Spatial-Economic Transformations in Poland - Stephan Barisitz: Changes in Trade Patterns - The Case of Austria - Marek Kupiszewski: The Future of East-West Migration in Europe - Dusan Drbohlav: The Probable Future of European East-West International Migration - Selected Aspects - Judit Juhász / Zoltán Dövényi: Recent International Migration Trends in Hungary. Social and Geographical Aspects - Nadine Cattan / Claude Grasland / Stanislav Rehák: Migration Flows between the Czech and Slovak Republics - Which Forms of Transition?
