| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Estonia -- Russia -- Slovakia -- Bulgaria -- Georgia -- Ukraine -- Microeconomics -- Macroeconomic -- From transition to integration -- Transition in historical perspective -- Political economy of change after communism |
| Summary |
"The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume, political leaders, scholars and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the 'great rebirth' of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that best outcomes resulted from visionary leadership, a willingness to take bold steps, privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation. Recent backsliding in Russia and Hungary has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however. This volume grew out of a ... symposium ... held in Budapest, Hungary in May, 2014"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
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Capitalism -- Former communist countries
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Capitalism
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Post-communism
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| SUBJECT |
Former communist countries -- Economic conditions
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Former communist countries -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
Eastern Europe
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Former communist countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Åslund, Anders, 1952- editor.
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Djankov, Simeon, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780881326987 |
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0881326984 |
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0881326976 |
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9780881326970 |
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