03154nam 2200589 a 450 991080858680332120200520144314.01-283-97013-9615-5225-36-22027/heb32047(CKB)4100000007803169(OCoLC)831679974(MdBmJHUP)muse24924(MiAaPQ)EBC3137348(Au-PeEL)EBL3137348(CaPaEBR)ebr10648834(CaONFJC)MIL428263(OCoLC)922997971(DE-B1597)633124(DE-B1597)9786155225369(dli)HEB32047(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000063(OCoLC)1338018819(EXLCZ)99410000000780316920121107d2013 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAccidental occidental[electronic resource] economics and culture of transition in Mitteleuropa, the Baltic and the Balkan area /Lajos BokrosBudapest, Hungary ;New York Central European University Pressc20131 online resource (xii, 192 pages) illustrations615-5225-24-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Communism as an Economic and Societal System in the Twentieth Century -- 2. Transition to Market and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe -- 3. Transition for the Twenty-First Century -- References -- IndexBesides providing a historical record of the long road from the economic agenda of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution to the present transition from communism, this book can be considered a staunch defense of market capitalism and liberal democracy. Any celebration of the current transition in Eastern Europe necessarily affirms the superiority of a market system over a non-market one and of a democratic system over a non-democratic one. The author does not deny the failures, shortcomings or imperfections of market economy and democracy. Nor does he take the survival of market capitalism and liberal democracy for granted. On the contrary, by highlighting the valiant and painful process of transition and attempting to understand its economics and culture, he seeks to contribute to the theoretical (academic) and practical (political) defense of Western civilization.Economics and culture of transition in Mitteleuropa, the Baltic, and the Balkan AreaPost-communismEurope, EasternEurope, EasternEconomic policy1989-Europe, EasternEconomic conditions1989-Communism, Democratization, Modernization, Political economy, Postcommunism, Transition economies.Post-communism330.947Bokros Lajos860727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808586803321Accidental occidental1920888UNINA