Theories Regarding the Role of the Growth Poles in the Economic Integration

Abstract

Until now, scientists were unanimous in assessing the role of growth poles in economic development. Growth poles are considered the most dynamic elements of economic growth, the real locomotive of integration on multiple levels: economic, technological, ideological, moral and spiritual development at regional, continental and global levels. Specialized literature stressed very little or no growth poles role in economic integration, although the development of national economies depend on connecting major urban centers in regional economic system, continental and global levels. Conversely, integration and globalization of economic, social, political, cultural, and moving towards a knowledge economy seem to be major factors in the transformation and restructuring of growth poles and urban systems dependent. If growth poles better realize their vocation integrating and implementing the innovative collaborative networks in a polycentric territory when they create conditions that allow people to make best use valences economic integration for developing areas. Also, growth poles using these integrative cooperation between areas and between small and medium-sized cities, both at internal borders and beyond the external frontiers of integrative area concerned.Grouping theories emitted mainly by economists and sociologists, in theory first, second and third generation, the study demonstrates basis on the assumption that economic growth poles stimulates and enhances economic integration in those areas, being with free economic zones, true core of economic integration.