| Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309059291 ISBN-13: 9780309059299 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: This groundbreaking new volume focuses on the interaction between political, social, and economic changes in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States. It includes a wide selection of analytical papers, thought-provoking essays by leading scholars in diverse fields, and an agenda for future research. It integrates work on the micro and macro levels of the economy and provides a broad overview of the transition process. This volume broadens the current intellectual and policy debate concerning the historic transition now taking place from a narrow concern with purely economic factors to the dynamics of political and social change. It questions the assumption that the post-communist economies are all following the same path and that they will inevitably develop into replicas of economies in the advanced industrial west. It challenges accepted thinking and promotes the utilization of new methods and perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.947 |
| LCCN: 97045305 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6.06" W x 9.1" (1.80 lbs) 523 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This ground-breaking new volume focuses on the interaction between political, social, and economic change in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States. It includes a wide selection of analytic papers, thought-provoking essays by leading scholars in diverse fields, and an agenda for future research. It integrates work on the micro and macro levels of the economy and provides a broad overview of the transition process. This volume broadens the current intellectual and policy debate concerning the historic transition now taking place from a narrow concern with purely economic factors to the dynamics of political and social change. It questions the assumption that the post-communist economies are all following the same path and that they will inevitably develop into replicas of economies in the advanced industrial West. It challenges accepted thinking and promotes the utilization of new methods and perspectives. |