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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827855703321

Autore

Jeffries Ian

Titolo

Eastern Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century : a guide to the economies in transition / / Ian Jeffries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-56150-4

1-134-56151-2

0-429-23265-9

1-280-31799-X

0-203-46910-0

0-203-24465-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition

Disciplina

330.947

Soggetti

Economic history

Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989-

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Covers Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction and overview; The countries of Eastern Europe; Albania; Bulgaria; The Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; General issues; General issues in the transition from command to market economies; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Following on from Jeffries' 2001 Economies in Transition: A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, this comprehensive survey of economic and political change focuses on the countries of Eastern Europe. Jeffries also discusses the general issues involved in economic transition, including `big bang'/'shock therapy', gradualism, China as an economic model and various schemes of privatization. The book examines Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Analysing major political and economic event