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Preface

Introduction: the regional question and approaches to transition in Eastern and Central Europe

PART I REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE

The regional question and uneven development in Eastern and Central Europe

PART II STATE SOCIALISM AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The state socialist model of development and the political economy of industrialization in Czechoslovakia

The state socialist development model, forced industrialization and regional convergence

Comparative regional development and industrial restructuring: from feudalism to dependent capitalism and state socialism in Martin and Liptovsky Mikulas

PART III THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALISM AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The collapse of state socialism and the transition to capitalism: towards a new development model?

Uneven development and regional economic fragmentation in the transition to capitalism

Regional structures, regulation and industrial and state strategies in Martin and Liptovsky Mikulas

PART IV CONCLUSIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

Conclusion: from capitalism to state socialism ... and back again? Alternative trajectories and regional development

References

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