| Poland's Protracted Transition: Institutional Change and Economic Growth, 1970-1994 Contributor(s): Poznanski, Kazimierz Z. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521556392 ISBN-13: 9780521556392 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1997 Annotation: In this book, Kazimierz Z. Poznanski offers an integrated study of institutional change in the Polish economy since 1970. He examines the economic peak of the communist phase, the decline of the system, and the post-communist transition since 1989. Taking his analytical framework from evolutionary economics, he provides a complete reevaluation of conventional views of communist economies and the post-communist transition. The book presents the communist economy as subject to major changes, particularly due to political pressures, and interprets its economic difficulties as related to underlying systemic decay. The economic 'shock therapy' of 1990 is seen as very much a continuation of earlier trends and pressures, which has led to probably an even deeper, though brief, economic collapse. This book will be of interest to economists and political scientists concerned with institutional transitions, as well as to students of East European and post-Soviet studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | World - General |
| Dewey: 338.943 |
| Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.02" W x 9.01" (1.19 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book Kazimierz Poznanski offers an integrated study of institutional change in the Polish economy since 1971. He examines the economic peak of the communist phase, the decline of the system, and the post-communist transition since 1989. He provides a complete reevaluation of conventional views of communist economies and the post-communist transition, arguing that the political pressures that affected the communist system have continued to have a disastrous impact on recent shock therapy reforms. |
