Eastern European Economies: A Region in Transition

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Nearly seven decades ago, six countries in Western Europe (Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) decided to take economic cooperation to the next level. The vision of the EU founding states, epitomized by the Schuman Declaration in 1950, was to tie their economies so closely together that war would become impossible.
Robert Schuman, author of the plan, believed Europe could not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It would have to be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity. The countries within the “European Community” benefited enormously from free trade and common economic policies, in particular structural funds designed to foster convergence by funding infrastructure and investments in poorer regions.
This book examines how similar transitions and integration into the European Union are experienced in individual central and eastern European states through the use of country scans in the regional blocks of CEE, SEE, and CIS.

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Marcus Goncalves

Marcus Goncalves, EdD, PhD, is an international business scholar and management consultant with primary research interest focused on global entrepreneurship, internationalization modes, pa…

Erika Cornelius Smith

Erika Cornelius Smith has a passion for history, politics, and international relations. She holds a master’s degree in political science from Eastern Illinois University, a doctorate degree in history…

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Pub Date

July 5, 2016

Pages

327

ISBN

9781631573996

Print Price

$21.99

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9781631574009

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$13.99