A New Phase of Regional Development in the Czech Republic

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ID10565615
AuthorsJiří Blažek (0000-0002-6987-3833, Charles University, corresponding author), Pavel Csank (Prague University of Economics and Business)
Year2007
Volume43
Issue5
Pages945-966
Publication date2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCzech Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0288 • E-ISSN: 2336-128X
PublisherInstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.13060/00380288.2007.43.5.03
OpenAlexW1999168033
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited6

The article aims to identify the development phases in the process of the regional differentiation in the Czech Republic after 1989, and examines whether this differentiation trend is currently changing. The assumption the article's hypothesis is based on is that during recent development the basic 'parameters' of the principal features of the country's regional structure have been stabilized amidst the conditions of parliamentary democracy and a market economy. Unlike the fi rst phases of socio-economic transition, when differentiating trends prevailed, a certain degree of stabilisation can now be assumed, alongside the emergence of new trends. The development of regional differences was analysed using indicators of GDP, the unemployment rate, entrepreneurial activity, and tax revenue from self-employed physical persons. The fi ndings show that over the course of the 1990s regional differences intensifi ed at both the mezo-regional (regional) level and the micro-regional level. It was also confi rmed that at the turn of the millennium the phase of divergent regional development ended, and since that time regional differences have hovered around the same level

Czech · Geography · Phase (matter · Physics · Regional development · Regional science · Global Trade and Competitiveness · Philosophy · Polish socio-economic development · Regional Development and Policy

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