Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

ISBN-13: 9780415591126 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 528 str.

Paul Hare; Gerard Turley

Opis

Two decades have now passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and it is now an excellent time to take stock on how the transition process has turned out for the economies that have moved from central planning.

This new handbook assembles a team of leading experts to explore the major themes that have characterized the period. After identifying the nature of initial conditions and the strength and weaknesses of institutions, the varying paths countries have taken are fully analyzed from the shock financial therapy, privatization and ethnic strife of the early years to the burning issues of the present including global integration and sustainable growth.

The rise of China as a key actor in the drama is chronicled, as well as the emergence of a new, more confident, oil-rich Russia. The comparative prosperity of Central European countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic is contrasted with economic stagnation in parts of the old USSR.

The Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition is the definitive guide to this new order of things in the former Communist World.

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction  Part II: Background  Part III: Beginnings  Part IV: Integration  Part V: Political Economy  Part VI: Firms  Part VII: People  Part VIII: Country Studies  Part IX: Assessment