The Political Economy of Transition

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The Political Economy of Transition is written by Jozef M. van Brabant and published by Psychology Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415169461 (ISBN 10) and 9780415169462 (ISBN 13).

This book addresses the policy questions surrounding the challenge of transforming eastern European economies from their planned, administrative past to vibrant market-based entities. Jozef van Brabant considers in turn, the wider set of challenges facing these economies - stabilization, privatization, liberalization, institution building, and developing and maintaining the sociopolitical consensus - before examining the evolving role of the state. Using concrete examples from the eastern European countries throughout, including the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, this work systematically examines, in a society-wide context, the initial conditions of transformation, the policy tasks ahead and the manner in which policies have been pursued.