Catching Up with Eastern Europe?
Author: Bernard M. Hoekman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 44
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State Socialism in Eastern Europe
Author: Eszter Bartha
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-07-10
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 303122504X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together a diverse set of scholars to address the long theoretical, conceptual and political debate on the interpretation of “actually existing” socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. While the major paradigms – totalitarianism, neo-totalitarianism, revisionism, post-revisionism, modernization, and the world-system analysis – are well known in the Western (English-language) literature, the concept of state socialism, which has strong theoretical roots in Hungary (going back to the works of György Lukács and István Mészáros) received less international attention. This book contributes to a productive discussion about viable alternatives to capitalism by introducing and theoretically elaborating on the concept and practice of state socialism, highlighting the historical significance of Hungary’s experiment with the “new economic mechanism” of 1968. It generates a common point of reference for various generations of anti-systemic thinkers, scholars, and activists to move beyond Cold War simplifications and ideological divides, and contributes to the discussion about anti-capitalist alternatives, which are relevant today for the global left. The chapter “Dance Around a ‘Sacred Cow’: Women’s Night Work and the Gender Politics of the Mass Worker in State-Socialist Hungary and Internationally” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
The Middle-Income Trap in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Yaman Kouli
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1805393952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the 1990s, the economic development of Central and Eastern Europe has maintained high economic growth rates, seemingly leading to an era of prosperity. This very positive vision of future economic success, linked to current political backlash and a long history of economic adversity, is a thin veil of the economic “way west” for so-called transition countries. The Middle-Income Trap in Central and Eastern Europe examines the reality of the diminishing marginal utility of further international investments alongside the pitfalls of higher government spending to cultivate innovation which ultimately makes foreign capital less attractive. In this volume authors from diverse disciplinary perspectives reflect on current debates surrounding the developmental bottlenecks in East-Central Europe. Their common goal is to analyze the manner of socio-economic transformation, question of the relevance and impact of the “middle-income trap” and identify possible ways to escape it.
Dismantling The Command Economy In Eastern Europe
Author: Peter Havlik
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-07
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0429714815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors to this volume analyze the general problems of economic transition in countries of the former Eastern bloc: changing the ownership structure, abolishing the command economy, and integrating with the world economy. Because unique political, economic and social conditions in each nation require individual policy solutions, the contri
The European House of Cards
Author: Louise B. van Tartwijk-Novey
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1349239569
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'...thoughtful, well-researched and intellectually stimulating...' - Martin Holmes, Financial Times The European House of Cards examines how the fall of communism in 1989 and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1991 are affecting the present-day development of the European Union. The book argues that, with the end of communism, the decades-long discussion of furthering the levels of European integration has moved from the realm of grand idea to absolute necessity. The Treaty's adoption has marked the period within which Europe will move from nation-states to a United States of Europe.
Market-oriented Systemic Transformations in Eastern Europe
Author: Paul J.J. Welfens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 3642581404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocialist economies in Eastern Europe have collapsed and em- barked upon market-oriented reforms. The causes of the demise of centrally planned economies are analyzed and the basic challenges of systemic tranformation discussed. Negative income and wealth effects as well as distribution issues make adjustment extremely difficult. The fundamental roles of privatization and foreign investment are adressed. Foreign economic liberalization is considered to be of centralimportance for a growth-oriented adjustment path in a stage of conflict-prone policy and options. Politico-economic aspects of the new European developments in addition to North-South issues are analyzed. Difficult choices await decison-makers in economic policy and the business community in Eastern Europe and in leading market economies.
Reorientation and Commercial Relations of the Economies of Eastern Europe
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 796
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Author: United States. Congress. Economic Joint Committee
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 792
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelf-Orientalization in South East Europe
Author: Plamen K. Georgiev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 3531932713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe collapse of communist systems in South East Europe resulted in a landscape to be newly arranged. Diverse forces compete to capture the popular energies released by the embrace of old and new identities. Deficits of modernization in a post communist nexus have deepened cultural asymmetries and challenge EU integration in new ways. Drives to rule of the “strong hand”, feod-like patron-client relations, “self-orientalization” as result of dilettante “social engineering” and unrealistic cultural politics increase the entropy of transition. Plamen K. Georgiev discusses the most controversial issues of a possible accession of Turkey into EU and its impact on a number of collective identities as Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Croatia, vulnerable to Islamic fundamentalism, but also new breeds of nationalisms. This comparative study prompts apt ideas for EU coordinated national politics, fostering its cultural homogeneity and integrity in a global world of rising risks and new responsibilities.
The EU and the Economies of the Eastern European Enlargement
Author: Alberto Quadrio Curzio
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-07-19
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 3790820342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe enlargement of the European Union towards the East from May 2004 has generated an increase of about 100 million inhabitants in the EU population, and has especially brought along major challenges and important opportunities both for the "new" countries and for the "old" member states. That is the main focus of this volume, which is divided into three sections. The first analyses the effects of the enlargement on the functioning of Community institutions, on the relations with the other Eastern European countries, and finally on regional and global economic dynamics; the second section analyses in detail the role of the monetary politics of the European Central Bank and the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and the third deals with the importance of the entrepreneurial class in ensuring the success of the transition process of the Eastern European economies.
