1. The Methodological Puzzle -- 2. Introduction to General and Integrated Development and Growth -- 3. Economic Action, Cultural Background and Institutions -- 4. Complex Economic Systems, Information and Forms of Capitalism -- 5. Politics and Governance -- 6. Uncertainty -- 7. Expectations --...

This book provides the theoretical and analytical background critical to understand the process of economic development and growth at the beginning of the 21st century. This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, using concepts borrowed from related disciplines such as politics,...

"The countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo - form a core European region. The region is known for its instability and recent history of wars and civil conflicts, but far less is known about the...