Development in Turbulent Times

Paul Dobrescu, PhD, is the founder of the College of Communication and Public Relations at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. From 2008 to 2012, he acted as the Rector of the University. During his long and productive academic career, he published numerous books and articles, and coordinated the academic and research activities of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations. His research interests include globalization and development studies, as well as geopolitics. Dobrescu’s books have been translated and published by prestigious international publishing houses, and include The Century of the Emerging World: Development with a Vengeance (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017), Les Crises Post-crise: Un Monde Sans Boussole Ni Hégémonie (L'Harmattan 2017), La Ruse de la Mondialisation: L’assault Contre la Puissance Américaine (L'Harmattan 2015). Currently, he is the research coordinator of the EU-funded project State of the Nation: Designing an Innovative Instrument for Supporting Public Policies in Romania.

• Introduction (Paul Dobrescu).- Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates.- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin).- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L. Buffardi, Tiina Pasanen and Simon Hearn).- Get it Right this Time? Leaving the Periphery of the European Economic Development (Cristian Păun and Florina Pînzaru).- "Nous Choisissons l’Europe": EU’s Economic Development and Current Challenges (Clara Volintiru and Gabriela Drăgan).- European Imbalances: The Sound and the Fury (Jérôme Creel).- Part II. Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Post-Crisis Period.- Unable to Stop Inequality from Rising: Evidence from Romania (Paul Dobrescu and Flavia Durach).- The East-West Divide in the European Union: A Development Divide Reframed as a Political One (Alina Bârgăoanu, Raluca Buturoiu and Flavia Durach).- New Frontiers in Sovereign Wealth Fund Capitalization (Juergen Braunstein and Asim Ali).- The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on FDI Attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia, and Greece in Comparison (Kalliopi Kasapi, Andriana Lampou, George Economakis, George Androulakis and Ioannis Zisimopoulos).- Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Health Systems (Caterina Francesca Guidi and Alessandro Petretto).- The Multiple Impact of Education Gaps in Romania (Diana-Maria Cismaru and Nicoleta Corbu).- Europeanization in the Making: Perceptions of the Economic Effects of European Integration in Romania (Florența Toader and Loredana Radu).-