This study addresses the experience of and responses to povertyin a range of ...This study addresses the experience of and responses to poverty in a range of transition economies including Russia Ukraine Hungary Slovenia Uzbekistan Romania Albania and Macedonia. It covers topics such as the definition of poverty lines and the...more
TransitionEconomies and Foreign Trade makes the bold claim to have solved puz...Transition Economies and Foreign Trade makes the bold claim to have solved puzzles that have hindered the subject for years. By taking the distortions of the Communist era into consideration Winiecki has explained the phenomenon of the decline in...more
This book provides a unique level of coverage of economic and political events...This book provides a unique level of coverage of economic and political events of global significance including foreign trade foreign direct investment the impact of oil and natural gas finds Islamic extremism the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks...more
This book focuses on the recent political and economic events in the former Yu...This book focuses on the recent political and economic events in the former Yugoslavia. The author presents a clear detailed and accessible breakdown of the developments in: Bosnia-Hercegovina Croatia the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...more
Following on from Jeffries 2001 EconomiesinTransition: A Guide to China Cuba...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...more
Poland s transition from socialism to capitalism has largely been praised as a...Poland s transition from socialism to capitalism has largely been praised as a success story. In reality however according to this study Poland s case is an incomplete transition. Looking at the processes involved in economic transition covering key...more
Most books on transitioneconomies concentrate on their internal fortunes. Few...Most books on transition economies concentrate on their internal fortunes. Few have analysed the effect that the change in the system has had on foreign trade and export performance - this new book redresses that balance.more
Since the late 1980s the experiences of work and employment in the former comm...Since the late 1980s the experiences of work and employment in the former communist world have been profoundly transformed. Work Employment and Transition brings together a series of essays by leading international scholars which highlights the...more
The chronic instability in the Balkan States of South East Europe has prevente...The chronic instability in the Balkan States of South East Europe has prevented the end of the Cold War becoming an era of genuine peace in Europe. Against a background of competing nationalisms economic decline the resilience of authoritarianism it...more
Ukraine: State and Nation Building explores the transformation of Soviet Ukrai...Ukraine: State and Nation Building explores the transformation of Soviet Ukraine into an independent state and examines the new elites and their role in the state building process as well as other attributes of the modern nation-state such as...more
This book covers key issues including financial markets labour markets competi...This book covers key issues including financial markets labour markets competition and intervention social security property rights to provide a wide-ranging and invaluable study of economic development in transitional economies.more
This book provides a unique and detailed examination of the complex processes ...This book provides a unique and detailed examination of the complex processes of transformation in former state-owned enterprises in the Czech Republic. Drawing on in-depth case studies of organizational transformation the authors adopt a...more
In this new edition the progress made in the last decade to solve the environm...In this new edition the progress made in the last decade to solve the environmental problems described in the first edition is assessed. The attempts to bring environmental legislation into line with West European norms is also described....more
This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by p...This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity: the French and American Revolutions. This study undertakes the first full historical...more
This book focuses on survival strategies developed at local levels in response...This book focuses on survival strategies developed at local levels in response to changing cultural political and economic structures in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted as the contributors engage...more