ABSTRACT
Despite the common features of the state socialist past, the recent development of regional governance in CEE has showed the effects of divergence. The countries of the macro-region no longer form a homogeneous bloc, and even with the implementation of EU standards, differences are on the rise. Attempts to create NUTS-2 regions have proven to produce temporary results outside Poland, while individual national development models have come to the fore. ‘New regionalism’ has largely been replaced by a new wave of centralisation under a neo-Weberian logic of efficiency and strong top-down control, and decentralisation efforts have come to a halt.
