Markets, states, and democracy : the political economy of post-communist transformation

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Markets, states, and democracy : the political economy of post-communist transformation

edited by Beverly Crawford

Westview Press, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A look at historical, international and economic policy conditions that bolster or undermine the efforts of liberalizers. The contributors explain how these forces interact, pinpoint the political conditions they support and speculate on the potential outcomes of the liberalization process.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Overview and historical legacies: markets, states and democracy - a framework for the analysis of the political economy of post-communist transformation, Beverly Crawford
  • national liberations and nationalist nightmares - the consequences of the end of empires in the 20th century, Daniel Chirot. Part 2 The liberal ideal: conceptions of democracy in the draft constitutions of post-communist countries, Stephen Holmes
  • after the vacuum - post-communism in the light of Toqueville, John A. Hall. Part 3 The international context: trade integration of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union into the world economy - a structuralist approach, Paolo Guerrieri
  • alternatives of transformation - choices and determinants, East-Central Europe in the 1990s, Ivan T. Berend
  • continuity and change in Eastern Europe - strategies of post-communist politics, Andrew Janos. Part 4 Economic policy choices: labour, class and democracy - shaping political antagonisms in post-communist society, David Ost
  • political economy of privatization in Eastern Europe, Kazimierz Z. Poznanski
  • economics of transition - some gaps and illusions, Alec Nove
  • the political economy of introducing new currencies in the former Soviet Union, Linda Goldberg et al.

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