Title:
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TRANSITION FROM SOCIALIST TO MARKET ECONOMIES
COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN AND ASIAN EXPERIENCES |
By: |
Shinichi Ichimura (Editor), Tsuneaki Sato (Editor), William James (Editor) |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£84.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
023024498X |
ISBN 13: |
9780230244986 |
Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Pub. date: |
22 October, 2009 |
Description: |
20 years after the collapse of communism in Central Eastern European countries and 30 years after the start of market-oriented reforms in China, this book provides a framework for understanding the differing emphasis and sequencing of two reforms and explores in-depth these issues in the demise of communism and the triumph of the market economy. |
Synopsis: |
This book provides a unique comparative study of two historic experiences in transition from Socialist planned economies to Capitalist market economies. It examines the dramatic breakaway of Central-Eastern European countries from the Soviet rule ignited by Gorbachev's Grasnost and Perestroika, and compares their struggling transformation with China's gradualist successful transition under the declared guidance of Den Xia-ping's Reform and Openness. The contributors to this volume provide a framework for understanding the differing emphasis and sequencing of two reforms and explore these issues in the demise of communism and the triumph of the market economy. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the relative success of the East Asian economies compared with the Central-Eastern European countries, which suffered from Soviet power for most of the last century. This book is indispensable reading for all interested in Transitional Economics, Economic Development and Comparative Economic Studies focusing on the transformation in Central-Eastern Europe and East Asia. |
Illustrations: |
55, 41 black & white tables, 14 figures |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |