Parties, Power and Policy-Making - From Higher Education to Multinationals in Post-Communist Societies

List of contents

Introduction 1. Romania’s Dependent Market Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Setting up a Low-Skills Equilibrium Trap 2. Multinational Corporations and Higher Education: Some Hidden Dynamics 3. Higher Education Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: A perspective on Hungary and Poland 4. Low- and High-Skills Equilibria: What Role for the Government? Conclusion

About the author

Silvana Tarlea is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Global Studies and in the Political Science Department at the University of Basel in Switzerland. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of Oxford, Nuffield College.

Summary

This book explains the conditions under which political parties in government were able to influence economic growth in post-communist European countries. It highlights higher education and international investment as the two essentially related areas that have been steered by governments.

Product details

• Authors: Silvana Tarlea, Silvana (University of Basel Tarlea
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663216
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66321-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Finance / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies