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Preface DER DONAURAUM Jahrgang 52 ­ Heft 3-4/2012 In general, inequality has increased in East Central and Southeast Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain and during transformation. This is due to the fact that while Communist regimes had laid some emphasis on disparity equalisation ­ albeit thereby overburdening their economies and promoting their breakdown ­ post-Communist countries were rather inclined to apply liberal and neo-classical political concepts relying on the forces of the free market much more than, e.g., the social market economies of West Central Europe, such as Germany and Austria. Inequalities have appeared and become more significant in various fields, in the vertical (social) as well as in the horizontal (spatial) and gender dimensions. Questions arise whether they have been inevitable in this period of transformation, whether they will not lead to fragmented societies as well as social and political conflict, whether they do not mean insufficient use of societal and economic capacities and resources, and what could be done to smooth them down. Another important issue and task in this context, of course, is to document inequalities precisely and in a scientific way. To provide for responses to these questions and to meet these http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Der Donauraum de Gruyter

Preface

Jordan, Peter
Der Donauraum , Volume 53 – May 1, 2016
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de Gruyter
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DER DONAURAUM Jahrgang 52 ­ Heft 3-4/2012 In general, inequality has increased in East Central and Southeast Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain and during transformation. This is due to the fact that while Communist regimes had laid some emphasis on disparity equalisation ­ albeit thereby overburdening their economies and promoting their breakdown ­ post-Communist countries were rather inclined to apply liberal and neo-classical political concepts relying on the forces of the free market much more than, e.g., the social market economies of West Central Europe, such as Germany and Austria. Inequalities have appeared and become more significant in various fields, in the vertical (social) as well as in the horizontal (spatial) and gender dimensions. Questions arise whether they have been inevitable in this period of transformation, whether they will not lead to fragmented societies as well as social and political conflict, whether they do not mean insufficient use of societal and economic capacities and resources, and what could be done to smooth them down. Another important issue and task in this context, of course, is to document inequalities precisely and in a scientific way. To provide for responses to these questions and to meet these

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Published: May 1, 2016

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