Development in Turbulent Times The Many Faces of Inequality Within Europe /

This open access book explores the most recent trends in the EU in terms of development, progress, and performance. Ten years after the 2008 economic crisis, and amidst a digital revolution that is intensifying the development race, the European Union, and especially Central and Eastern Europe, are...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dobrescu, Paul (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (Paul Dobrescu)
  • Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates
  • Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin)
  • Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L. Buffardi, Tiina Pasanen and Simon Hearn)
  • Get it Right this Time? Leaving the Periphery of the European Economic Development (Cristian Păun and Florina Pînzaru)
  • "Nous Choisissons l'Europe": EU's Economic Development and Current Challenges (Clara Volintiru and Gabriela Drăgan)
  • European Imbalances: The Sound and the Fury (Jérôme Creel)
  • Part II. Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Post-Crisis Period
  • Unable to Stop Inequality from Rising: Evidence from Romania (Paul Dobrescu and Flavia Durach)
  • The East-West Divide in the European Union: A Development Divide Reframed as a Political One (Alina Bârgăoanu, Raluca Buturoiu and Flavia Durach)
  • New Frontiers in Sovereign Wealth Fund Capitalization (Juergen Braunstein and Asim Ali)
  • The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on FDI Attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia, and Greece in Comparison (Kalliopi Kasapi, Andriana Lampou, George Economakis, George Androulakis and Ioannis Zisimopoulos)
  • Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Health Systems (Caterina Francesca Guidi and Alessandro Petretto)
  • The Multiple Impact of Education Gaps in Romania (Diana-Maria Cismaru and Nicoleta Corbu)
  • Europeanization in the Making: Perceptions of the Economic Effects of European Integration in Romania (Florența Toader and Loredana Radu)
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