East-Central European Economies in Transition

This fact-filled volume makes the JEC's specially commissioned expert reports on economic developments in East-Central Europe widely available to business people, educators, and students. For ease of use, a detailed subject index has been provided in this edition. Topical coverage includes economic, political, and social reform strategies; privatization and economic restructuring; creation of financial infrastructure; defense conversion; gender issues, unemployment, and family incomes; role of Western assistance programs; integration into the world market; regional economic relationships and complete series of expert country studies - Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

List of contents

Introduction, Chosen by the Spirits, Shamanism among the Turkic Peoples of Siberia: Shamans and Their Religious Practices, Buryat Shamanism: History, Structure, and Social Functions, Ritual and Folklore in Siberian Shamanism: Experiment in a Comparison of Structures The Archaic Epic and Its Relationship to Ritual, Bibliography, About the Editor

About the author

John P. Hardt, Richard F. Kaufman

Product details

• Authors: John P. Hardt, Hardt John P., Richard F. Kaufman, Kaufman Richard F.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.1995
• EAN: 9781563246128
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-612-8
• No. of pages: 736
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Central Europe, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies