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Towards a Romanian Silicon Valley? Local Development in Post-Socialist Europe

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

05.11.2007

Abbildungen

ca. 3 Abb.

Verlag

Campus

Seitenzahl

194

Maße (L/B/H)

1,5/14/21,4 cm

Gewicht

293 g

Auflage

1

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-593-38126-8

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

05.11.2007

Abbildungen

ca. 3 Abb.

Verlag

Campus

Seitenzahl

194

Maße (L/B/H)

1,5/14/21,4 cm

Gewicht

293 g

Auflage

1

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-593-38126-8

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Campus Verlag
Werderstr. 10
69469 Weinheim
Deutschland
Email: vertrieb@campus.de
Url: www.campus.de

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  • Produktbild: Towards a Romanian Silicon Valley?
  • Introduction 9



    Theoretical references 13



    Path-dependency and institutional change 13

    Socialism as an institutional substitute for liberal capitalist modernity 14

    Post-socialist transition as a path-dependent process 16

    Stabilisation of clientelistic regimes 20

    Building alternatives from below 22

    Local-global interconnectedness as an object of investigation 23

    Urban governance 24

    The redefinition of the city 26

    The restructuring of urban government 27

    The specificity of place 28

    The emergence of international production networks 30

    The social creation of meaning 33



    Research methodology 35

    Research objectives and methodological approach 35

    Methodology of the empirical investigation 41



    The Romanian transformation regime 44

    Historical patterns of political and economic development 44

    Pre-socialist development 45

    Development under socialist rule 47

    Social and cultural background 49

    Persistence of familist patterns: "It stinks a bit, but it's warm" 49

    The economy of "getting along" 51

    The "chaotic democracy" and its consequences 53

    The emergence of a party clientelist system 53

    Performance of the democratic institutions 60

    The consequences of economic transformation 61



    "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king": Resources and frameworks determining local action in Timisoara 65

    Material resources: the social and economic profile of Timis County 65

    General overview 65

    Privatisation and property structure 67

    Economic structure and performance 70

    Agriculture 72

    Human capital endowment 74

    The shadow economy and border trade 77

    Conclusions 79

    History and identity: The distinctiveness of the Banat 80

    The historical development of private property, democratic traditions, and regional identity 80

    The legal and institutional frameworks for local action 84

    The general institutional framework of local public administration 84

    The functioning of local government 89

    Opportunities for clientelistic interventions 90

    Administrative corruption and bureaucratic inefficiency 92

    Actors and strategies on the county level 94

    The influence of the central authorities 94

    The role of the county council 95

    Regional development policy under the impact of Europeanization 100

    European Union accession as a general framework for regional development policy 100

    The Development Region West 103

    Cross-border cooperation within the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza euroregion 107

    Analytical framework: Networks of opportunity, opportunities for networking 109

    Local strategies and policy models 111

    "The star", "the heart", and the forgotten starlet of the Banat 112

    Types of mayors in Timis County: "The poet", "the administrator" and the "well-connected" 116

    "Progressive", "pragmatic", and "opportunistic": local policy models in Timis County 119

    Strategies of local actors in Timisoara 121

    Organisational "cores" of local policy 122

    Timisoara city hall - organisational structure, tasks and revenues 122

    The CCIAT - organisational structure, tasks and revenues 124

    Institutionalisation patterns on the local level in Timisoara 126

    Timisoara elites: networks of friends and colleagues 130

    History in the discourse of local elites 133



    The specificity of Timisoara within the Romanian context: the relevance of transnational cooperation 135

    Transnational cooperation and institutional innovation 136

    Building institutional capacities: ADETIM - the Economic Development Agency of Timis County 137

    Creating instruments for local development: The Timisoara area local development strategy 139

    Transnational integration of the local economy 147

    Timisoara, nuova provincia veneta 148

    Technological innovation and localised learning 157

    Local actors in technological innovation 157

    Tradition and modernism in the clothing industry 163

    Urban governance in transnational contexts 168

    The privatisation of the drinking water network 169

    The city administration's elderly care project 173

    Limitations and ambivalences of transnational cooperation 179

    The explanatory value of the different theoretical approaches and the relevance of fieldwork 182



    Acknowledgements 185



    Bibliography 186