{"product_id":"9780333718957","title":"Decentralization and Transition in the Visegrad Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Economic Transition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDecentralization and Transition in the Visegrad\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePoland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eE. Kirchner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ International \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe book assesses the democratization and marketization in the Visegrad states. It analyses the effectiveness of these emerging government structures at a regional and local level in terms of competencies and resources, makes comparisons with West European experiences at this level, and examines the role of external factors, especially the EU and international financial organisations, in the development of sub-national authorities in these countries.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNICHOLAS BERNARD Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Essex\r\nTHOMAS CHRISTIANSEN Jean Monnet Lecturer and Director of European Studies in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth\r\nLUBOMIR FALTAN Senior Researcher and Director of Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava\r\nANNA ZIELINSKA-GLEBOCKA Professor in Economics at the University of Gdansk and Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration\r\nJOZEF HEGEDUS Director of the Metropolital Research Institute in Budapest\r\nANDRZEJ KOWALCZYK Lecturer in the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw\r\nVLADIMIR KRIVY Senior Fellow Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava\r\nJAMES SPERLING Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Akron\r\nJACEK ZAUCHA Associate Professor in the Department of Macroeconomics at the University of Gdansk\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 May 1999\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780333718957\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e237\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55561037545612,"sku":"9780333718957","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780333718957.jpg?v=1788348315","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780333718957","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}