The Countries of the Former Soviet Union at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century : The Baltic and European States in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780415252300 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 640 str.

Ian Jeffries;Ian Jeffries

Opis

Following the highly successful Economies in Transition: A guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the turn of the twenty-first century (published in the Routledge Studies in Development Economics series), Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: A guide to the economies in transition and The Former Yugoslavia at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: A guide to the economies in transition, this book is the second of two (following The Caucasus and Central Asian Republics at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: A guide to the economies in transition) which focuses on economic and political events in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The author presents a clear, detailed and accessible breakdown of the developments in Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This book provides a unique level of coverage of economic and political events of global significance, including foreign trade, foreign direct investment, negotiations for membership of the EU and Chernobyl. It will provide an invaluable source of reference for all those interested in transitional and developing countries.

Offering a unique level of coverage, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the political and economic development of the countries of the former Soviet Union from the mid-1990s onwards.

Recenzje

'Of the few authors sufficiently knowledgeable to write on all the thirty-plus countries moving from central planning to the market, Ian Jeffries is outstanding - Professor Michael Kaser, Universities of Birmingham and Oxford

Spis treści

Part One: The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Part Two: Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine

O autorze

Ian Jeffries