The volume From Periphery to Centre. The Image of Europe at the Eastern Border of Europe gathers the papers presented … distances between centre and periphery and their common traits as well, as they are revealed in the various images of Europe and … propose a double perspective: on the one hand periphery viewed from the centre and on the other periphery as it sees itself …

There is a major downward bias in the trend of most existing estimates of the periphery’s nineteenth-century terms of … Williamson’s recent work. Measured correctly, the periphery’s nineteenth-century terms-of-trade boom would appear considerably …

and dominant Center and a backward and subordinate Periphery. A period of decentralization follows from 1950 to 1990, when … most segments of the Periphery regained various levels of control over their economies. Since the early 1990s, the forces …

and creation of degenerated periphery. Nonetheless, there is no strong evidence that urbanization is associated with …