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Title The transformation of the Communist economies : against the mainstream / edited by Ha-Joon Chang and Peter Nolan
Published London : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995

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Description xii, 438 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Europe versus Asia: Contrasting Paths to the Reform of Centrally Planned Systems of Political Economy / Ha-Joon Chang and Peter Nolan -- 2. Capitalist Triumphalism in the Eastern European Transition / Peter Wiles -- 3. Economic Theory and Transformation of the Soviet-type System: The Challenge of the Late Industrialisation Perspective / Dic Lo -- 4. Wasted Sacrifices: Real Wages and Reconstruction in Eastern Europe / Andrew Glyn -- 5. The Transition in Eastern Europe: The Case for Industrial Policy / Michael A. Landesmann and Istvan Abel -- 6. Reflections on the Privatisation Issue / Keith Cowling -- 7. Financial Fragility in the Transition to Market Economies / Laurence Harris -- 8. Equality, Efficiency and Economic Progress: The Case for Universally Applied Equitable Standards for Wages and Conditions of Work / Frank Wilkinson -- 9. Social Security Reform in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai / Steve Pudney
10. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transformation of Eastern Europe / Hugo Radice -- 11. The Lessons of History: New Economic Policy in China and the USSR / Chris Bramall -- 12. Nicaragua: The Sandinista Experiment and its Aftermath / Gabriel Palma -- 13. Return to Europe? Is There Anything for Eastern Europe to Learn from East Asia? / Ha-Joon Chang -- 14. Political Economy and the Reform of Stalinism: The Chinese Puzzle / Peter Nolan
Notes Papers presented at a conference held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in July 1992
includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Economic stabilization -- China -- Congresses.
Economic stabilization -- Europe, Eastern -- Congresses.
Economic stabilization -- Former Soviet republics -- Congresses.
Privatization -- Europe, Eastern -- Congresses.
Privatization -- Former Soviet republics -- Congresses.
SUBJECT China -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024018 -- 1976- -- Congresses
China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114673
Communist countries -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114748 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001964
Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005698 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
Former Soviet republics -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115051 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
Author Chang, Ha-Joon.
Nolan, Peter, 1949-
LC no. 94030590
ISBN 031212323X
0333597095