Beschreibung:
Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the sharp divergence in economic standing between the four different regions of Europe, as well as knowledge about how institutional corruption and other cultural features exacerbated these variations.
1. Introduction: Europe, its civilization and historical regions 2. 1. Long historical roads towards regional differences within Europe: Four regions in 1913 3. A radically changed world, yet unchanged regional division: Four regions in Early 21st century Europe 4. What preserves regional differences? The social, economic and cultural factors 5. The most developed core of Europe: the North-West 6. The Mediterranean-Irish region: catching-up with the West but burdened with remnants of a peripheral past 7. Central Europe and the Baltics: trapped in middle-income periphery? 8. The Russia-Turkey-Balkans low-income region: outside Europe? 9. Conclusion