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"This book is an ethnographic and historical study of the main Albania-Greece highway. But more than an ethnography on the road, it is an anthropology of the road. Highways are part of an explicit cultural-material nexus that includes houses, urban architecture and vehicles. Complex socio-political phenomena such as EU border security, nationalist politics, post-Cold War capitalism and financial crises all leave their mark in the concrete. This book explores anew classical anthropological and sociological categories of analysis in direct reference to infrastructure, providing unique insights into the political and cultural processes that took place across Europe after the Cold War. More specifically, it sheds light on political and economic relationships in the Balkans during the socialist post-Cold War period, focusing especially on Albania, one of the most under-researched countries in the region. Categories such as the house, domestic life, the city, kinship, money, boundaries, nationalism, statecraft, geographic mobility, and distance--to name but a few--seem very different when seen from, or on, the road."--

#SBIB:39A72 --- Etnografie: Europa --- Roads --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Ethnology --- Transportation geography --- Social aspects --- Anthropology --- E-books --- Human beings --- Highways --- Roadways --- Thoroughfares --- Transportation --- Highway engineering --- Pavements --- Ethnology. --- Transportation geography. --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Transport geography --- Geography --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Social aspects. --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Primitive societies --- Roads - Social aspects - Balkan Peninsula --- Infrastructure (Economics) - Social aspects - Balkan Peninsula --- Ethnology - Balkan Peninsula --- Transportation geography - Balkan Peninsula --- Eastern Europe --- Social sciences --- Albania. --- Balkans. --- Borders. --- Critical Studies. --- Greece. --- House. --- Infrastructures. --- Migration. --- Mobility. --- Urban Development.

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This book includes papers presented at the 11th International Conference “Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries” (EBEEC), held in Bucharest, Romania, in May 2019. It sheds new light on the micro- and macroeconomic developments in the Eastern European and Balkan countries, while at the same time taking into account the broader regional and global factors influencing these developments. By examining how the decisions and the performance of economic, social and political actors in the region are intertwined with wider regional and global events, the contributions highlight the dynamic development in Eastern Europe and the Balkans region. Further, the book demonstrates how the region has overcome numerous challenges in the past and is evolving within the framework of European economic integration and the global effervescent economy.

Development economics. --- Economic history. --- Macroeconomics. --- Development Economics. --- Economy-wide Country Studies. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Economics --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economic development --- Balkan Peninsula --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe

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“This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of new modes of governance in the Western Balkans. It provides an empirically-grounded, comparative perspective on the impact of EU accession on state and non-state actors that is meticulous, detailed, and truly ‘bottom-up’. It will rapidly become a key reference for scholars interested in the region, the impact of Europeanisation, and the ubiquitous institutions of ‘civil society’.” - Adam Fagan, Queen Mary University of London, UK “A comprehensive and insightful study into the growth, empowerment and limitations of civil society in the Western Balkans region that brings a timely and much needed shift away from a Eurocentric approach.” - Antoaneta Dimitrova, Leiden University, The Netherlands “This excellent book makes a well-researched, timely contribution to the literature on the European Union’s impact on the rule of law in EU candidate countries. Through in-depth original research, it demonstrates convincingly the scope and limits of civil society empowerment during the EU accession process.” - Ulrich Sedelmeier, London School of Economics, UK This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process. Building on extensive fieldwork, it compares mobilisation around rule of law issues in Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the top-down impact of EU support, it demonstrates NGOs’ agency and analyses their shifting strategies throughout the membership negotiations. Its approach and findings will appeal to scholars and advanced students of EU integration, social movements, and the politics of South East Europe. Natasha Wunsch is Postdoctoral Researcher in the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Associate Fellow with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Her research has appeared, among others, in the Journal of European Public Policy, Acta Politica, and East European Politics.

Civil society --- European Union. --- E.U. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Relations --- Social contract --- International organization. --- Europe-Politics and government. --- Political communication. --- Comparative politics. --- European Union Politics. --- International Organization. --- European Politics. --- Political Communication. --- Comparative Politics. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Political communication --- Federation, International --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International administration --- International federation --- Organization, International --- World federation --- World government --- World order --- World organization --- Congresses and conventions --- International relations --- Peace --- International agencies --- International cooperation --- Security, International --- World politics --- Europe—Politics and government.

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The first comprehensive history of the Turkish economyThe population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. In Uneven Centuries, Şevket Pamuk examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the past two hundred years.Taking a comparative global perspective, Pamuk investigates Turkey's economic history through four periods: the open economy during the nineteenth-century Ottoman era, the transition from empire to nation-state that spanned the two world wars and the Great Depression, the continued protectionism and import-substituting industrialization after World War II, and the neoliberal policies and the opening of the economy after 1980. Making use of indices of GDP per capita, trade, wages, health, and education, Pamuk argues that Turkey's long-term economic trends cannot be explained only by immediate causes such as economic policies, rates of investment, productivity growth, and structural change.Uneven Centuries offers a deeper analysis of the essential forces underlying Turkey's development-its institutions and their evolution-to make better sense of the country's unique history and to provide important insights into the patterns of growth in developing countries during the past two centuries.

Economic development --- Economic development --- History --- History --- Turkey --- Turkey. --- Economic conditions. --- 1950s. --- 1970s. --- 1980. --- Asian crisis. --- Balkans. --- Democrat Party. --- GDP. --- Great Depression. --- Industrial Revolution. --- North America. --- Ottoman government. --- Ottoman institutions. --- Ottoman reforms. --- Turkey. --- War of Independence. --- Western Europe. --- World War I. --- World War II. --- agriculture. --- capital movements. --- capital. --- developed countries. --- developing countries. --- developing-country. --- economic development. --- economic environment. --- economic growth. --- economic history. --- economic institutions. --- economic policies. --- economic power. --- empire. --- external support. --- financial globalization. --- foreign capital. --- foreign trade. --- growth rates. --- growth. --- human capital. --- human development. --- income distribution. --- income per capita. --- independence movements. --- industrialization. --- institutional changes. --- institutions. --- international trade. --- investment. --- labor force. --- labor movements. --- labor unions. --- labor. --- land. --- macroeconomic instability. --- mid-1950s. --- modern Turkey. --- multiparty political system. --- nation-state. --- nineteenth century. --- open economy. --- per capita GDP. --- per capita income. --- per capita incomes. --- physical capital. --- political developments. --- political system. --- productivity. --- protectionism. --- reforms. --- technological changes. --- technological progress. --- western European states. --- world averages. --- world wars.