Rationality, Nationalism and Post-Communist Market Transformations
Rationality, Nationalism and Post-Communist Market Transformations

Author: Andrew Savchenko

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1351789570

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This title was first published in 2000: A comparative analysis of market transformation in Poland, Belarus and the Baltic states with particular emphasis on cross-national variations in speed and direction of post-Communist economic reforms. While many studies tend to concentrate on the economic aspects of market reforms, analysis of the broader institutional framework is less common. This book, therefore, focuses on the influence of historical and cultural conditions on the formation of economic policy. The findings presented indicate that, far from being a purely rational process driven exclusively by considerations of economical efficiency, post-Communist market transformation is influenced by socio-political and cultural factors which are able to account for cross-national variations in speed and direction of reforms.

International Bibliography of Economics
International Bibliography of Economics

Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001-11-22

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13: 9780415262361

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IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

From Triumph to Crisis
From Triumph to Crisis

Author: Hilary Appel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1108397123

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The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated domestic opposition to 'shock therapy' and Washington Consensus reforms, but many fulfilled the membership requirements of the European Union and even adopted avant-garde neoliberal reforms like the flat tax and pension privatization. Neoliberalism in the postcommunist countries went farther and lasted longer than expected, but why? Unlike pre-existing theories based on domestic political-economic struggles, this book focuses on the imperatives of re-insertion into the international economy. Appel and Orenstein show how countries engaged in 'competitive signaling', enacting reforms in order to attract foreign investment. This signaling process explains the endurance and intensification of neoliberal reform in these countries for almost two decades, from 1989–2008, and its decline thereafter, when inflows of capital into the region suddenly dried up. This book will interest students of political economy and Eastern European and Eurasian politics.

State-building
State-building

Author: Verena Fritz

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2007-05-10

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 6155211124

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Looks at the process of state-building in Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia from a political economy and institutional perspective. Weak and distorted state capacity has come to be widely recognized as a key obstacle to successful transformation—including economic modernization and growth as well as the consolidation of democracy. However, so far little systematic research has been carried out on state capacity per se and on how to explain its development. The book provides new insights in considering the evolution of Ukraine since 1992, offering an in-depth view of institutional development in crucial areas and thus tracing the process of state-building. It draws comparisons with developments in Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia (based on field research). To capture the process of state-building empirically, focuses on the extraction and expenditure systems which are a central pillar of state capacity and also a central link between citizens and the state. The book also sheds light on how Ukraine’s potential ‘second transition’ currently under way will have an impact on its institutional system.

Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia
Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia

Author: Martin Mccauley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1317879473

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During the 1990s, the "roving bandits", big business or the oligarchs, stole Russia. They gained influence over President Yeltsin and his government, and gradually shaped policy in their own interests. In this first comprehensive account to explain why Russia took the course it did, Martin McCauley examines the period through the prism of government, including Yeltsin's shadow government, and looks at the military, police, security and intelligence services. Relations between Moscow and the regions, industry, agriculture, social policy and foreign policy are also explored.

Belarus
Belarus

Author: Andrew Savchenko

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9004174486

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Belarus is known as the last dictatorship of Europe , yet its president enjoys public support. Its economy remains largely Soviet, yet exhibits high growth rates. Belarus styles itself as a European country yet clings to Russia as the only ally. The book explains these paradoxes by delving into history of Belarusian national institutions, including civil society, and the state.The book starts with an analysis of Belarusian national development from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the short-lived Belarusian People s Republic of 1918. The discussion turns to the crucial interwar period, when all national institutions of modern Belarus had taken shape. Belarus s surprising ability to cope with post-Soviet economic and geopolitical changes is discussed in the final chapter.

Historical Dictionary of Belarus
Historical Dictionary of Belarus

Author: Grigory V. Ioffe

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1538117061

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Belarus is one of fifteen successor states of the former Soviet Union. It’s the only post-Soviet state that is in full of control of its territory and has no territorial conflicts with its neighbors. It’s squeezed between Russia and the European Union. Belarus had never been an independent nation prior to the Soviet Union’s disintegration and its identity is still evolving. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Belarus contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Belarus.

Rationality, Nationalism and Post-Communist Market Transformations
Rationality, Nationalism and Post-Communist Market Transformations

Author: Andrew Savchenko

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1351789562

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This title was first published in 2000: A comparative analysis of market transformation in Poland, Belarus and the Baltic states with particular emphasis on cross-national variations in speed and direction of post-Communist economic reforms. While many studies tend to concentrate on the economic aspects of market reforms, analysis of the broader institutional framework is less common. This book, therefore, focuses on the influence of historical and cultural conditions on the formation of economic policy. The findings presented indicate that, far from being a purely rational process driven exclusively by considerations of economical efficiency, post-Communist market transformation is influenced by socio-political and cultural factors which are able to account for cross-national variations in speed and direction of reforms.

Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe
Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe

Author: Egbert Jahn

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 9783832939694

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The breakdown of the Communist party rule was accompanied by an unexpected renaissance of nationalism and secessionism. Of the nine Communist states, only five nation states have survived. Whereas the German Democratic Republic became unified with the Federal Republic of Germany, the three multinational states dissolved into 16 hybrid ethno-national states and two states of federated nations. The latter remain imperiled in their territorial integrity. In all countries, state and ethnic nationalism combine in peculiar ways, which leaves room for sub-national stateness and various other forms of ethnic and national heterogeneity. In this volume, experts describe the unfolding of nationalism in each of the post-Communist states during the period of upheaval from 1985 to 1995. First, the relationship of the titular ethnic group with its own ethnic nationalism is discussed, as well as the nationalism that refers to the whole state including the minorities. This relationship influences the way the states treat the minorities, which often aim for sub-stateness or at least for representation through a political party organization.