Privatization in rural Eastern Europe : the process of restitution and restructuring

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Privatization in rural Eastern Europe : the process of restitution and restructuring

edited by David Turnock

(Studies of communism in transition)

E. Elgar, c1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book focuses on one of the major challenges facing countries in Eastern Europe, namely the creation and maintenance of jobs in the agricultural sector. It argues that future employment will critically depend upon the completion of the privatization process, as well as improved efficiency and market opportunity. Privatization in Rural Eastern Europe prescribes radical restructuring of the East European countryside and examines the future prospects for restitution and privatization from both national and regional perspectives. The economic and political history of rural Eastern Europe is examined in the context of the transition process. The discussion then develops with the extensive use of detailed country case studies which analyse the growth of private economic activity in Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in a clear and systematic way. The book offers careful consideration of the future of the rural economy and emphasizes the importance of rural diversification and the development of the service sector to create new employment opportunities in rural areas. This book will prove invaluable to academics with an interest in agricultural and transitional economics as well as to businessmen interested in East European agriculture, food processing and farm machinery.

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Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Albania 3. Bulgaria 4. Czech Republic 5. East Germany 6. Hungary 7. Poland 8. Romania 9. Slovakia 10. Slovenia 11. Aspects of Farm Diversification 12. Conclusion

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