Political Economy of Transition: Opportunities and Limits of Transformation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415169462)

This book addresses the policy questions surrounding the challenge of transforming eastern European economies from their planned, administrative past to vibrant market-based entities. Jozef van Brabant considers in turn, the wider set of challenges facing these economies - stabilization, privatization, liberalization, institution building, and developing and maintaining the sociopolitical consensus - before examining the evolving role of the state. Using concrete examples from the eastern European countries throughout, including the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, this work systematically examines, in a society-wide context, the initial conditions of transformation, the policy tasks ahead and the manner in which policies have been pursued.

Author: Jozef M. Van Brabant
ISBN-10: 0415169461
ISBN-13: 9780415169462
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/26/1998
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.44w x 1.83d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 07/24/2009 pg. 17