Catching up and falling behind : post-communist transformation in historical perspective / David A. Dyker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyker, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Europe.

Economics.

Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--21st century.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of essays David A Dyker explores some of the mostdifficult and fascinating aspects of the process of transition fromautocratic ""real socialism"" to a capitalism that is sometimesdemocratic, sometimes authoritarian. The stress is on the economicdimension of transformation, but the author sets the economic dramafirmly within a political economy framework and a historicalperspective. Trends in key economic variables are analysed against thebackground of the struggle between different social and politicalgroups for power and command over resources. While the book pays dueattent

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Transforming The Post-Socialist Economies: Patterns and Paradoxes; 2 Nomenklatura Nationalism - The Key to an Understanding of the New East European Politics?; 3 The Structural Origins of the Russian Economic Crisis; 4 Technology and Structure in the Polish Economy Under Transition and Globalisation; 5 Trade Policy for the Countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU): What Can the Advanced Industrial Countries Do to Help?; 6 The Dynamic Impact on the Central-East European Economies of Accession to the European Union: Social Capability and Technology Absorption

7 "East"-"West" Networks and their Alignment: Industrial Networks in Hungary and Slovenia8 Key Actors in the Process of Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Context of Economic Transition; 9 Technology Exchange and the Foreign Business Sector in Russia; 10 Building the Knowledge-Based Economy in Countries in Transition: From Concepts to Policies; 11 Economic Performance in the Transition Economies: A Comparative Perspective; 12 Building Social Capability for Economic Catch-Up: The Experience and Prospects of the Post-Socialist Countries

13 What Transition Has Learned from Economics - and What Economics Has Learned from TransitionIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611866594

9781281866592

1281866598

9781860945991

1860945996

OCLC:

475947819