LEADER 02932nam 22006373a 450 001 9910917298003321 005 20250123131025.0 010 $a9781316008386 010 $a131600838X 010 $a9781316012888 010 $a1316012883 010 $a9781139985413 010 $a1139985418 010 $a9781316006146 010 $a131600614X 010 $a9781107031340 010 $a1107031346 010 $a9781316010648 010 $a1316010643 010 $a9781316001646 010 $a1316001644 010 $a9781316003886 010 $a1316003884 010 $a9781139990028 010 $a1139990020 035 $a(CKB)36722880400041 035 $a(OCoLC)880435892 035 $a(ScCtBLL)dd363fbd-544f-42c0-bdd2-be198cf60565 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936722880400041 100 $a20250123i20142017 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNetworks and Institutions in Europe's Emerging Markets$fRoger Schoenman 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cCambridge University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 311 08$a9781139381628 311 08$a1139381628 311 08$a9781316502860 311 08$a1316502864 330 $aDo ties between political parties and businesses harm or benefit the development of market institutions? The post-communist transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore when and how networks linking the polity and the economy support the development of functional institutions. A quantitative and qualitative analysis covering eleven post-socialist countries combined with detailed case studies of Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania documents how the most successful post-communist countries are those in which dense networks link politicians and businesspeople, as long as politicians are constrained by intense political competition. The comparison of original network data sets shows how this combination allowed Poland to emerge with stable institutions. Bulgaria, marred by weak institutions, corruption, and violence, cautions us that in developing economies intense political competition alone is harmful in the absence of dense personal and ownership networks. Indeed, as Romania illustrates, networks are so critical that their weakness is not mitigated even by low political competition.This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2bisacsh 606 $aPolitical Science$2bisacsh 606 $aEconomics 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 615 7$aPolitical Science 615 0$aEconomics 700 $aSchoenman$b Roger$0802527 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910917298003321 996 $aNetworks and institutions in Europe's emerging markets$91803858 997 $aUNINA