Political Economy of Poland''s Transition - New Firms and Reform Governments

Klappentext This book examines how new, domestically owned firms contributed to Poland's transition between 1990 and 1997. Zusammenfassung How did Poland go from an authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a market economy? This book explains these successes by the high rate of creation and growth of new! domestically owned firms between 1990 and 1997. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why Poland?; 2. The dynamics of the Polish political economy; 3. Creative destruction and economic transitions; 4. The social and distributional costs of transition; 5. Individual attitudes and voting; 6. De Novo job creation and election returns; 7. Liberal economic interests and seat allocations; 8. The political economy after 1997; 9. The political economy of transitions: why Poland?

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• Authors: John E. Jackson, John E. (University of Michigan Jackson, John E. Klich Jackson, Jackson John E., Jacek Klich, Klich Jacek, Krystyna Poznanska, Poznanska Krystyna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405226
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40522-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Poland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999