Overview
This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes is of timely importance. Regional Disparities in Small Countries presents a systematic discussion of the unique theoretical, methodological and measurement challenges in analyzing regional inequalities in small countries and a series of empirical analyses addressing the issue of regional convergence and divergence in these countries. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of small countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field. see Reviews
Full Product Details
Author: Daniel Felsenstein ,
Boris A. Portnov
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9783642063558
ISBN 10: 3642063551
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 21 October 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"From the reviews: ""This volume revisits the common conception that countries characterized by small land area and small population sizes do not exhibit significant regional inequalities. ! Together, these chapters convincingly demonstrate that small countries do not seem to have significantly small regional gaps than large ones, and inequalities are shown to have increased over time. ! The book is recommended to any scholar studying spatial inequalities ! peace researchers interested in the inequality-conflict nexus."" (Gudrun A stby, Journal of Peace, Vol. 43 (5), 2006) ""All in all, the book stands out from many other edited volumes by being clearly focused on one particular topic, rather than being a collection of loosely related individual papers. This makes for an exciting and inspiring reading for geographical economists. Small countries--in the definition of Felsenstein and Portnov--do not appear to be much different from large countries when it comes to regional disparities.""(Jens Suedekum, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46 (5), 2006)"
From the reviews: This volume revisits the common conception that countries characterized by small land area and small population sizes do not exhibit significant regional inequalities. ... Together, these chapters convincingly demonstrate that small countries do not seem to have significantly small regional gaps than large ones, and inequalities are shown to have increased over time. ... The book is recommended to any scholar studying spatial inequalities ... peace researchers interested in the inequality-conflict nexus. (Gudrun A stby, Journal of Peace, Vol. 43 (5), 2006) All in all, the book stands out from many other edited volumes by being clearly focused on one particular topic, rather than being a collection of loosely related individual papers. This makes for an exciting and inspiring reading for geographical economists. Small countries-in the definition of Felsenstein and Portnov-do not appear to be much different from large countries when it comes to regional disparities. (Jens Suedekum, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46 (5), 2006)
From the reviews: This volume revisits the common conception that countries characterized by small land area and small population sizes do not exhibit significant regional inequalities. ! Together, these chapters convincingly demonstrate that small countries do not seem to have significantly small regional gaps than large ones, and inequalities are shown to have increased over time. ! The book is recommended to any scholar studying spatial inequalities ! peace researchers interested in the inequality-conflict nexus. (Gudrun A stby, Journal of Peace, Vol. 43 (5), 2006) All in all, the book stands out from many other edited volumes by being clearly focused on one particular topic, rather than being a collection of loosely related individual papers. This makes for an exciting and inspiring reading for geographical economists. Small countries--in the definition of Felsenstein and Portnov--do not appear to be much different from large countries when it comes to regional disparities. (Jens Suedekum, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46 (5), 2006)
From the reviews: ""This volume revisits the common conception that countries characterized by small land area and small population sizes do not exhibit significant regional inequalities. ! Together, these chapters convincingly demonstrate that small countries do not seem to have significantly small regional gaps than large ones, and inequalities are shown to have increased over time. ! The book is recommended to any scholar studying spatial inequalities ! peace researchers interested in the inequality-conflict nexus."" (Gudrun A stby, Journal of Peace, Vol. 43 (5), 2006) ""All in all, the book stands out from many other edited volumes by being clearly focused on one particular topic, rather than being a collection of loosely related individual papers. This makes for an exciting and inspiring reading for geographical economists. Small countries--in the definition of Felsenstein and Portnov--do not appear to be much different from large countries when it comes to regional disparities.""(Jens Suedekum, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46 (5), 2006)
