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Towards Regional Government in Central Europe: Territorial Restructuring of Postcommunist Regimes

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  • W Surazska

    (University of Bergen, SEFOS, Fosswinckelgate 7, 5007, Bergen, Norway and The Robert Schuman Centre, European University, Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini, I-50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy)

  • J Bucek
  • L Malikova
  • P Danek

    (Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, the Czech Republic)

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Territorial systems in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia are surveyed together with factors that have determined their present shape. The most important among these are: a relatively late start in the building of the modern state, the legacy of communist regimes, and the exigencies of postcommunist transition. In the second part of the paper territorial cleavages occurring in the region are examined, in particular: the centre–periphery contrasts; the urban–rural cleavage; the West – East gradient of modernisation and economic development; and sociocultural cleavages as reflected in local self-organisation. In the third part of the paper the strategies of territorial reorganisation are discussed, as they are debated and implemented in the countries under study.

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  • W Surazska & J Bucek & L Malikova & P Danek, 1997. "Towards Regional Government in Central Europe: Territorial Restructuring of Postcommunist Regimes," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 15(4), pages 437-462, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:15:y:1997:i:4:p:437-462
    DOI: 10.1068/c150437
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    1. W Surazska & J Blazek, 1996. "Municipal Budgets in Poland and the Czech Republic in the Third Year of Reform," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 14(1), pages 3-23, March.
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