Towards a Romanian Silicon Valley?

Local Development in Post-socialist Europe

• Author(s): Enikö Baga,
• Publisher: Campus Verlag
• Pages: 198
• ISBN_10: 3593381265
  ISBN_13: 9783593381268
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Political Science / General , Political Science / Comparative Politics ,

Description:... This book examines local attempts at sustainable development in post-socialist Eastern Europe. Enikö Baga focuses on the small Romanian town of Timisoara as its residents respond to major national and international changes, including the dismantling of an authoritarian regime and Romania's admittance to the European Union in 2007. As Baga illustrates, such shifts provide powerful opportunities for local communities, as they learn to use their own economic, social, and cultural resources to enact political change. A unique look at grassroots development efforts in Eastern Europe, this book will be an important study for scholars and students of economics and comparative politics.