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These essays, which focus on the critical issues that now confront the country in its continuing search for reform, stability, and unity, were written prior to recognition of the independence of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina by countries of the European Community, the United States, and others. The newly independent countries of the former Yugoslav federation will continue to occupy the same geographic and economic space. Their future economic and sociopolitical relations will provide many other opportunities for association. These essays provide valuable insight into the policies that may evolve from these relations and are of more than just historical interest.
This volume will be valuable to economists, political scientists, and others in the social sciences interested in the dramatic events unfolding in Eastern Europe. It will also provide lessons for those in other countries seeking similar reforms.
List of contents
Foreword by Bernard F. Sliger
Introduction
A Historical ViewReforms in Retrospect by Dragomir Vojnic
Socialism: Illusion and Reality by Ljubisav Markovic
Transition Problems by Rikard Lang
Economic ReformsPolitical and Economic Reforms in Yugoslavia by Zivko Pregl
A Supply-Side View of the Economy by Marshall Colberg
Prospects for Commercial Banking by Dimitrije Dimitrijevic
Federalism: The Crossroads by Ivo Fabinc
The Business Institution: An Instrument of Reform by Dan Voich and Ray Solomon
The System of Self-Management by Anton Vratusa
Foreign Capital, Private Property, and the Firm by Stojan Bulat
Sociopolitical Dimensions by Dusko Sekulic
Reform in 1990: The Shift to a Mixed Economy by Aleksandra Jovanovic
European IntegrationYugoslavia in Europe: Economic and Political Integration by Rikard Stajner
Foreign Policy and Changing Times by Radovan Vukadinovic
European Integration and Yugoslav Reform by Ljubisa S. Adamovic
Bibliography
Index
About the author
GEORGE MACESICH is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Yugoslav-American Studies, Research, and Exchanges at Florida State University. He is the author or editor of over thirty books, including
Monetary Reform and Rational Expectations (Praeger, 1989),
Money and Democracy (Praeger, 1990), and
World Debt and Stability (Praeger, 1991).
