The Challenges of Sustained Development
The Role of Socio-Cultural Factors in East-Central Europe
Published on 1. October 2004
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-963-9241-96-1 (ISBN)
Description
How wide is the gap between the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and the most developed nations? How can it be narrowed? This text addresses these questions in a comprehensive way. It delves into the inter-relations between the major factors of developmental performance and looks at their effects on sustained societal development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
charts
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-9241-96-1 (9789639241961)
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Persons
All four authors teach and do research work at the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Frane Adam is professor of sociology Matej Makarovie is assistant professor of sociology Borut Roneeviae is researcher Matev Tom'ie is assistant professor of sociology and research fellow
Content
1. Introduction The Point of Departure 2. Civilisational Competence 3. Social Capital 4. Cognitive Mobilisation 5. Quality of Governance 6. Entrepreneurial Spirit 7. Social Cohesion 8. The Openness of Societies towards their International Environments 9. Conclusion; References; Databases