The political economy of transition : coming to grips with history and methodology

Author(s)

• Brabant, Jozef M. van

Bibliographic Information

The political economy of transition : coming to grips with history and methodology

Josef M. van Brabant

（Routledge studies of societies in transition, 7）

Routledge, 1998

Note

Bibliography: p. 508-539

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book addresses the policy questions surrounding the challenge of transforming eastern European economies from their planned, administrative past to vibrant market-based entities. Jozef van Brabant considers in turn, the wider set of challenges facing these economies - stabilization, privatization, liberalization, institution building, and developing and maintaining the sociopolitical consensus - before examining the evolving role of the state. Using concrete examples from the eastern European countries throughout, including the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, this work systematically examines, in a society-wide context, the initial conditions of transformation, the policy tasks ahead and the manner in which policies have been pursued.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part 1 History, Starting Conditions, and Transformation Tasks
• Chapter 1 Historical Backdrop
• Chapter 2 Reform Tinkering and the Starting Conditions of Transition
• Chapter 3 The Market Economy and the Transformation Agenda
• Part 2 Components of the Transformation Agenda
• Chapter 4 Stabilization As an Early Policy Task
• Chapter 5 Internal and External Liberalization
• Chapter 6 Privatization and the Market Economy
• Chapter 7 The Role of Institutions in a Market Economy
• Chapter 8 Transformation and the Sociopolitical Consensus
• Chapter 9 The Evolving Role of the State During Transformation
• Part 3 Toward Sustainable Growth And global Integration
• Chapter 10 Transformation and Integration into the World Economy
• Chapter 11 Transformation and International Assistance
• Chapter 12 Sustainability of the Transformation

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Details

• NCID: BA36001621
• ISBN:
  • 0415169461
• LCCN: 97031300
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 559 p.
• Size: 25 cm.
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC244
  • DC21 : 338.947
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989-
  • LCSH : Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Free enterprise -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Communism -- Europe, Eastern
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA30536058