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Informationen zum Autor Ivan Berend not only studied the collapse and transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, but also participated in it. He chaired the committee that prepared the first marketisation and privatisation plan for Hungary, and has been a member of governmental advisory bodies since the early 1990s. He is currently Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext The conditions surrounding the Soviet UnionâEUR(TM)s dramatic collapse have long fascinated historians! but few studies have covered the subject in its entirety. This is an authoritative account of the regionâEUR(TM)s turbulent history! and considers the European UnionâEUR(TM)s crucial role in shaping its economic and social development since 1973. Zusammenfassung The conditions surrounding the Soviet Union's dramatic collapse have long fascinated historians! but few studies have covered the subject in its entirety. This is an authoritative account of the region's turbulent history! and considers the European Union's crucial role in shaping its economic and social development since 1973. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The economic factors of the collapse of state socialism and the new international environment, 1973-1991; 2. Transformation and policy mistakes: dramatic economic decline; 3. Towards better times: the European Union and its policy of eastwards enlargement; 4. Recuperation and growth: the role of foreign direct investment; 5. Economic restructuring: transforming main sectors, economic recovery, weaknesses and growth; 6. Transformation and social shock; 7. Lasting social changes in income, employment, welfare institutions, educational and settlement structure; Epilogue: the future of catching-up in the European 'melting pot'.
