Transition economics : two decades on / / Gerard Turley and Peter J. Luke

• Autore: Turley Gerard
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.12/6
• Soggetto topico: Economic history; Mixed economy; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Social change
• Altri autori: LukePeter J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-465) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TRANSITION ECONOMICS; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Pre-transition: the socialist system; 2 Stylised facts of transition: two decades on; 3 Initial conditions at the outset of transition; 4 Paradigms of transition; 5 Transition reforms and economic policies; 6 Enterprise reform and restructuring; 7 Performance and transition outcomes; 8 Labour markets in transition: a focus on Russia and China; 9 Economic transition: Russia versus China; 10 Lessons from transition; Appendix 1 The crux of the market ; Appendix 2 Transition countries vs. the rest of the worldAppendix 3 World Bank Corruption Index; Appendix 4 Tackling poverty and income inequality; Appendix 5 Hard budget constraint (HBC) and enterprise restructuring in Romania; Appendix 6 Human Development Index 1990-2005; Appendix 7 Policy conclusions and lessons from transition; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Celebrating twenty years of transition from socialism to capitalism, this book is designed to be the core textbook for undergraduate courses in transition economics and comparative economic systems. Given the passage of time, <EM>Transition Economics: Two Decades On</EM> reviews and accounts for the outcomes in the so-called transition economies and, from an academic perspective, takes the reader through developments and issues in the twenty years of transition from plan to market. </P><P></P><P>Treating its subject matter thematically, the book incorporates much of the transition economics
• Titolo autorizzato: Transition economics
• ISBN: 1-136-90908-7; 1-315-54297-8; 1-283-51996-8; 9786613832412; 1-136-90909-5; 0-203-84291-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791926703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II