Green Post-Communism? - Environmental Aid, Polish Innovation and Evolutionary Political Economics

Summary

This book asks whether foreign aid can help post-communist societies to steer their technological innovation systems in more environmentally sound directions. Mikael Sandberg examines the legacy of Soviet-type innovation systems, then looks at opportunities for greener innovations in post-communist Poland, considering:* institutional transformation and environmental investment incentives * the persistence and spread of the first environmental aid projects * the adoption of national environment policies and the role of aid in their implementation * evidence of changing innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe

Product details

• Authors: Mikael Sandberg
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780415166782
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16678-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Series: Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition; Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition