List of Tables -- General Editors' Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Property Rights in Philosophy and Economics -- Property Rights in Planned Economies -- Property Rights in Transition -- Summary and Prospects -- Bibliography -- Main Economic Indicators -- Appendix -- Index
Summary
Hella Engerer analyses the emergence, evolution and theory of property rights and establishes the limits for privatization of state owned enterprises in the transitional economies of Eastern Europe. She counters the assumption that reduction of the state sector helps to create the basis for a private property system, showing that privatization actually presupposes a stable framework including property order. She makes use of an outstanding methodological approach, reaching well beyond the limits of pure economic observation. This is a major contribution to the understanding of the emerging economic order of Central and Eastern Europe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index
