This monograph aims to provide insights into the study of regional and local development in the context of the Slovak Republic. The first chapter defines a region as a system and describes tools for regional strategic planning and regional innovation policy. The second chapter discusses the...

This paper discusses recent claims made by Caplan (2000, 2001a, 2001b, 2001c, 2002, 2007) who argues that democracies produce bad policies as a result of voters' irrational beliefs. We start by outlining the motives which led Caplan to amend classic Public Choice in such a radical fashion. We...