Regional Development Strategy in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania And Yugoslavia. By George W. Hoffman. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. New York, Washington, London: Praeger Publishers, 1972. xx, 322 pp. $17.50.

Slavic Review ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-402
Author(s):  
J. M. Montias
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
International Economics ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Regional Development Strategy ◽  
Special Studies

scholarly journals Electoral Cleavages and Fragmentation of Regions in the Slovak Republic: A Case Study of the Parliamentary Elections Held in 1990–2020

REGIONOLOGY ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-249
Author(s):  
Yevheniy I. Haydanka
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Regional Development Strategy ◽  
Empirical Material

Introduction. Electoral processes in the post-socialist countries have determined their political and party fragmentation, dividing regions into more conservative or liberal ones, those supporting or opposing the “firm leadership” of the country, Eurosceptic or Eurooptimistic. The main objective of the article is to present a comparative analysis of the outcomes of parliamentary elections in the regions, given the existing socio-political splits and the peculiarities of formation of the electoral cleavages. Materials and Methods. The study was based on the results of the ten parliamentary elections held in the Slovak Republic in 1990–2020. The empirical material covers the macro (national) and micro (regional) levels. The comprehensive comparative method made it possible to single out the main socio-political splits that either confirm or refute electoral cleavages in the regions of the country. Results. The main socio-political splits in the Slovak Republic have been identified. Given the results of the parliamentary elections in the regions of Slovakia, six electoral cleavages have been recorded (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016, and 2020). Two socio-political splits of “Meciarism – anti-Meciarism” (1998) and “Fico – anti-Fico” (2020) proved to be of particular significance for the country. The fragmentation of the Slovak political and party space is represented by two groups of regions: West and East (liberals and social populists), as well as the Center (conservatives). Discussion and Conclusion. The results of the study can be used when devising an efficient regional development strategy based on minimizing the risks of radicalization of the political space and reducing the overall level of populism in the country.

FORMATION OF A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SPATIAL COMPONENT: ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
M.V. SHMAKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Regional Strategy ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Spatial Component ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Regional Development Strategy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The relevance of this study is determined by the need to improve the tools for developing strategies for the development of territorial socio-economic systems, taking into account the realities of the current stage of development. Among these realities are the formation of the economic space of the region and the limited resources for development, which determined the logic, goal and objectives of this study. The purpose of this study is to develop theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations for the formation of a regional development strategy taking into account the spatial component. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were formulated and solved: clarification of the essence and content of the category "economic space" as the basis for accounting for this category in strategic developments; identification of the features of regional development, taking into account the spatial component; development of principles and prerequisites for regional strategy taking into account the spatial component of development; formation of a scheme for accounting for the spatial component in the development of strategies for multi-level territorial entities; development and testing of a modified model of resource provision for territorial development strategies as an updated toolkit for regional strategy. The novelty of the results of this study lies in the development of theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations for using the spatial component in the formation of a regional development strategy, which, unlike existing developments, allow taking into account the properties and characteristics of economic space when developing a block for the distribution of territorial resources and thereby provide conditions for increasing the resulting parameters multilevel territorial entities and the region as a whole.

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