The Region 5

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Emphasizing the role of public administration, this book is concerned with the regional aspect of the social and economic development of the post-communist region of Europe, especially Hungary, with a few comparative outlooks on Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland. The chapters contain surveys and case studies of interest to anyone interested in the regional development of this huge region of Europe which is joining the Union in 2004. The first chapter, entitled Regional Development, describes the changes of the regional structure and the regional processes in the Eastern half of Europe and in Hungary particularly, brought about by the emergence of the multiparty democracy, the market economy and the integration to the globalizing world. The studies included in the second chapter present how local, regional and national governments react to the above changes and processes in the form of Regional Policy, in Hungary and in the Eastern Central European Region in general. The studies o