Transition economies : transformation, development, and society in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Economic conditions.

Former Soviet republics--Economic conditions.

Former Soviet republics.

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Part I Introduction: the great unknowns; 1 The great unknowns: post-socialist economies and societies in motion; Introductory remarks; Where are they on the map?; Leading to the great unknowns; Problem: transition? Transition from? Transition to?; Conclusion; Appendix; 2 Transition vs. transformation: what is clear and not so clear about transition economics; In search of a transition: definitions; Transition vs. transformation; The transformation

Was it inevitable?The totality of the social and economic dynamic; The dialectics of transition; Conclusion; Part II The planned economy; 3 The economic and social context at the turn of the twentieth century: from the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union; In the beginning there was . . .; The emancipation of the serfs in 1861; The allure of early capitalism before the Russian revolution; Emergence of the Leninist State; The New Economic Policy; Industrialization, collectivization, debates, and the first Five-Year Plans; Initial analysis; Conclusion

4 The war economy and post-World War II reconstruction in the USSRThe setting; Emerging transformation right before the war; The war economy; Post-war recovery in the USSR; More on central planning Soviet-style; Conclusion; 5 From war to wall to common market: the dialectics of the Eastern European socialist economy; The new political landscape of Europe; Before and around the wall: the political economy of Eastern Europe; Socialist economics in Eastern Europe immediately after WWII; A model of the common market; Crisis in disguise?; Conclusion; Part III The economics of the market reform

6 The socialist economic model, market socialism, stagnation, perestroika, and the end of planThe socialist economic model; Market socialism or self-management; Right before 1985; The world order shaken: perestroika and the Berlin Wall; Macroeconomic challenges and opportunities; Conclusion: the end of plan; 7 Free market reform: liberalization, privatization, shock therapy, and policy misfortunes; Setting the stage; What happened during the 1990s; Macroeconomics of human transition; Conceptualizing the reform; Privatization; The shock therapy debates; Conclusion; Appendix

Part IV The human transition: still happening8 Poverty, income inequality, labor migration, and diaspora potential; Introduction; Poverty and income inequality; Labor migration; Diaspora and economic development; Measuring diaspora's effectiveness; Some new and not so new policy proposals; Conclusion: diaspora model and social costs of transition; Appendix; Part V The roaring 2000s and the present; 9 Contours of the new era post-transition economy: they are all different; The character of the new millennium; The "roaring" 2000s; Financial sector development

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V. Transition economies.

ISBN:

9781315736747

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1138831131

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9781138831124

Publisher Number:

99985014237

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