ABSTRACT
This interdisciplinary study offers a comprehensive analysis of the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Providing full historical context and drawing on a wide range of literature, this book explores the continuous economic and social transformation of the post-socialist world. While the future is yet to be determined, understanding the present phase of transformation is critical.
The book’s core exploration evolves along three pivots of competitive economic structure, institutional change, and social welfare. The main elements include analysis of the emergence of the socialist economic model; its adaptations through the twentieth century; discussion of the 1990s market transition reforms; post-2008 crisis development; and the social and economic diversity in the region today. With an appreciation for country specifics, the book also considers the urgent problems of social policy, poverty, income inequality, and labor migration.
Transition Economies will aid students, researchers and policy makers working on the problems of comparative economics, economic development, economic history, economic systems transition, international political economy, as well as specialists in post-Soviet and Central and Eastern European regional studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|33 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|19 pages
Transition vs. transformation
part II|54 pages
The planned economy
chapter 3|16 pages
The economic and social context at the turn of the twentieth century
chapter 5|17 pages
From war to wall to common market
part III|70 pages
The economics of the market reform
chapter 7|37 pages
Free market reform
part IV|28 pages
The human transition
part V|63 pages
The roaring 2000s and the present