Back to the Balkans: a journey throughout history -- The process of EU enlargement toward Central and Southeast Europe: an appraisal of past developments -- Issues and perspectives of Southeast European integration process: democracy, human rights, and the rule of law -- The political economy of...

This book's thirteen contributions bring together the results of recent research on determinants of regional specialization, growth, and convergence in the context of European integration. They offer fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on patterns of regional production structures,...