WILL BARTLETT Reader in Social Economics, University of Bristol, UKMILFORD BATEMAN Principal Consultant, IMC Consulting ltd, UKGABRIELLA BERLOFFA Professor of Microeconomics, University of Trento, ItalyANTONIO M. CHIESI Professor of Methodology of Social Research and Comparative Social Systems, University of Milano, ItalyBRUNO GRANCELLI Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Trento, ItalySANDRO GOZI Bureau of the European policy Advisers, President of the European Commission, ItalyPAUL MARER Formerly Professor at Indiana University, USAGABRIELLA PIATTONI Professor of Microeconomics, University of Trento, ItalySIMONA PIATTONI Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Trento, ItalyMARIA LUIGIA SEGNANA Professor of International Economics, University of Trento, ItalyITALO TREVISAN Associate Professor of International Management and Marketing, University of Trento, ItalyJENS WOELK lecturer and Researcher in Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Trento, Italy

• List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors LIst of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface The Local Dimension of Transformation: An Introduction; B.Dallago EU Expansion and Regional Policy; P.Marer National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and the Politics in the Balkans; S.Piattoni Inequality, Poverty and Growth: The Balkan Case; G.Berloffa & M.L.Segnana Reforms of Local Development in South-East Europe: Closer to Europe?; J.Woelk Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in South-East Europe; B.Dallago Elites in the Making, and their Organizational Behaviour: Cases in Russia and the Balkans; B.Grancelli & A.M.Chiesi International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro; W.Bartlett Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in South-East Europe: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future; M.Bateman De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of 'Triveneto' Industrial Smes' De-localization in Romania; I.Trevisan The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: The Local Development in South-East Europe; S.Gozi References Index