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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455500003321

Titolo

The democratic process and the market [[electronic resource] ] : challenges of the transition / / edited by Mihály Simai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c1999

ISBN

92-808-7102-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Changing nature of democracy

Altri autori (Persone)

SimaiMihály

Disciplina

330.947

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe, Central

Democracy - Europe, Eastern

Democracy - Former Soviet republics

Democracy - Russia

Electronic books.

Europe, Central Economic conditions

Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-

Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989-

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Former Soviet republics Economic conditions

Former Soviet republics Politics and government

Russia (Federation) Economic conditions

Russia (Federation) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1 Criteria and values for assessing the quality of  economic systems; 2 The democratic process and the market; 3 Establishment of an independent, neutral civil service in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe; 4 Interrelations between political and economic change in Russia and the CIS countries; 5 Interactions between political and economic factors in the democratic transformation of Ukraine; 6 The politics of privatization in Croatia

7 Political and economic factors in the democratic transformation of Slovakia 8 The changing political system and realities in Hungary; 9 The



political economy of democratization in the Polish transition; 10 Issues and experiences in the practice of democratization; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides a regional perspective on the interrelationship between political and economic change, and delineates the challenges that these developments present to the former socialist countries of East and Central Europe, undergoing a transition to democracy in the 1990's.