Reform of the socialist system in Central and Eastern Europe /
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| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. |
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| Description: | xi, 174 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3040491 |
Table of Contents:
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Difficult Democracies: Central and Eastern Europe in Transition
- Introduction
- The Economics of Transition
- Politics and Society in Transition
- A Complex Transition
- 2. Civil Society and Ethnic Difference in East-Central Europe and the Baltic Countries
- Introduction
- Civil Society and Civility
- Ethnicity and Nation
- Conclusion
- 3. Transition to the Market: Recent Developments and Current Problems
- Introduction
- Policies for the Transition
- Outcomes
- The Roles Of Western Aid And Foreign Direct investment (FDI)
- (1). Political instability
- (2). External Debt
- (3). Lack of Transparency in Rules and Regulations
- (4). Poor infrastructure
- (5). Absence of a Stable Operating and Regulatory Environment
- The Attractions and Reality of Western Aid and FDI
- Prospects
- 4. Conceptions and Misconceptions of Political Change in East-Central Europe
- The Legacy of Soviet Studies and Comparative Communism
- What Kind of Democracy?
- The Transformation and Revival of the Ex-Communist Parties
- Internalization or Integration
- 5. Frustration with Liberalism? 'Sound' Interventionism in East European Economics
- Introduction
- The Illusion of Synergy
- 'Sound' Interventionism
- (1). Beware of Survivors!
- (2). Checking the Lobbies
- (3). Old-New Socialism
- (4). Horror Vacui
- (5). Cleaning up the Mess
- (6). The Missing Agent
- (7). Transition Laboratory
- (8). Time Pressure
- (9). Technical, Logical and Political Dilemmas
- (10). Transition is Intervention
- Disillusionment with Liberalism?
- 6. Privatization Processes in the Transformation from Plan to Market
- Introduction
- Issues in the Economic Reform of Eastern Europe
- Privatization of the Economy: Some Common Issues
- Why is Large Privatization Necessary?
- How to Privatize?
- The Problems involved in Privatization
- (1). The rationale for privatization
- (2). The speed of the privatization process
- (3). The evaluation of enterprises
- (4). The problem of property rights
- (5). The question of 'effective ownership'
- (6). The principal-agent problem
- (7). Closure of unprofitable enterprises
- The Role of the State During Transition and Beyond
- Conclusion
- 7. Russia in Transition
- Introduction
- Elections, Political Parties and Civil Society
- Development of a New National Identity
- Institution-Building and the Constitutional Order
- Behaviour of Political Elites
- Economic Changes
- Fragile Stability
- Conclusion
- 8. Women in the Polish Labour Market: Is Transition a Threat?
- Introduction
- The Historical Position of Women: an Overview
- The Threat of the Market
- Tradition and Stereotypes: The Role of the Church
- Discrimination And Market Forces
- The Employment Distribution Of Women
- Agriculture
- Flexible Labour Markets
- Effects of Transition
- The Early Experience
- More Contemporary Evidence
- Conclusion
- Index
