Regional structural change and cohesion in the enlarged European Union: An introduction

2008 ◽  
pp. 21-48
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Structural Change

Structural Change, Infrastructure and Convergence in the Regions of the European Union

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Gil Canaleta ◽  
Pedro Pascual Arzoz ◽  
Manuel Rapún Gárate
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
The European Union

scholarly journals The Determinants of Structural Change in the European Union: A New Application of RAS

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2205-2229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan A van der Linden ◽  
Erik Dietzenbacher
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
The European Union

Cutting Scotland Loose: Soft Nationalism and Independence-in-Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Preston
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Good Argument ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
The Cold War

The reactions of metropolitan political elites to the recent electoral successes of Scottish Nationalists have been broadly negative; arguments for independence have been characterised in domestic United Kingdom terms and thereafter dismissed as voluntaristic, atavistic and indulgent. This is an error: the end of the comfortable certainties of the cold war has revealed a complex pattern of ever-changing structural relationships within which discrete polities must make their way; these changes have given us the European Union, an unfolding project, and as structural change in Europe runs through Scotland local agents must read and react with an eye to the future. Arguments for independence are rational; critics may disagree with such proposals, but it would be sensible to consider them directly. Those inclined to dismissal may neglect good argument today and store up unpleasant surprises for themselves tomorrow.

Structural Change in the European Union and Its Periphery: Current Challenges for the Western Balkans

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirella Damiani ◽  
Milica Uvalic
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
General Trend ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
East European ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Of Economic Development

This paper analyses structural change in the European Union (EU) over the past two decades, with the aim of providing some guidelines for the Western Balkan (WB) countries. After recalling the main theories of structural change, the paper illustrates the general trend of decline in the relative shares of manufacturing output and employment in the old and the new EU member states, pointing to distinctive features of the East European countries. It proceeds to show how structural change in the WB countries has had additional characteristics, specific to the region. The WB countries have experienced a process of extreme de-industrialization that has reduced the contribution of manufacturing too quickly, to levels which are not consistent with their relatively low level of economic development. What is necessary is a strategy of re-industrialization of the WB economies that would strengthen their export capacity and facilitate more robust economic growth.

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