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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Part I Introduction: the great unknowns; 1 The great unknowns: post-socialist economies and societies in motion; Introductory remarks; Where are they on the map?; Leading to the great unknowns; Problem: transition? Transition from? Transition to?; Conclusion; Appendix; 2 Transition vs. transformation: what is clear and not so clear about transition economics; In search of a transition: definitions; Transition vs. transformation; The transformation |
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Was it inevitable?The totality of the social and economic dynamic; The dialectics of transition; Conclusion; Part II The planned economy; 3 The economic and social context at the turn of the twentieth century: from the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union; In the beginning there was . . .; The emancipation of the serfs in 1861; The allure of early capitalism before the Russian revolution; Emergence of the Leninist State; The New Economic Policy; Industrialization, collectivization, debates, and the first Five-Year Plans; Initial analysis; Conclusion |
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4 The war economy and post-World War II reconstruction in the USSRThe setting; Emerging transformation right before the war; The war economy; Post-war recovery in the USSR; More on central planning Soviet-style; Conclusion; 5 From war to wall to common market: the dialectics of the Eastern European socialist economy; The new political landscape of Europe; Before and around the wall: the political economy of Eastern Europe; Socialist economics in Eastern Europe immediately after WWII; A model of the common market; Crisis in disguise?; Conclusion; Part III The economics of the market reform |
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6 The socialist economic model, market socialism, stagnation, perestroika, and the end of planThe socialist economic model; Market socialism or self-management; Right before 1985; The world order shaken: perestroika and the Berlin Wall; Macroeconomic challenges and opportunities; Conclusion: the end of plan; 7 Free market reform: liberalization, privatization, shock therapy, and policy misfortunes; Setting the stage; What happened during the 1990s; Macroeconomics of human transition; Conceptualizing the reform; Privatization; The shock therapy debates; Conclusion; Appendix |
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Part IV The human transition: still happening8 Poverty, income inequality, labor migration, and diaspora potential; Introduction; Poverty and income inequality; Labor migration; Diaspora and economic development; Measuring diaspora's effectiveness; Some new and not so new policy proposals; Conclusion: diaspora model and social costs of transition; Appendix; Part V The roaring 2000s and the present; 9 Contours of the new era post-transition economy: they are all different; The character of the new millennium; The "roaring" 2000s; Financial sector development |
| 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 books 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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V. Transition economies. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9781138831124 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017056133 |
| ISBN | 9781315736747 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1315736748 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781317567950 |
| ISBN | 1317567951 |
| ISBN | 9781317567936 |
| ISBN | 1317567935 |
| ISBN | 1138831123 |
| ISBN | 9781138831124 |
| ISBN | 9781138831131 |
| ISBN | 1138831131 |
| ISBN | 9781317567943 |
| ISBN | 1317567943 |
| Stock number | 9781317567943 Ingram Content Group |
