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Alternative Political Economy Models of Transition: The Russian and East European Perspective book cover

1st Edition

Alternative Political Economy Models of Transition The Russian and East European Perspective

Edited By John Marangos Copyright 2009
330 Pages
by Routledge

330 Pages
by Routledge

330 Pages
by Routledge
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The collapse of centrally administered socialism in Russia and Eastern Europe resulted in what is commonly referred to as the transition problem: the transformation from a centrally administered socialist economic system to one that is market-based. Economic science has been faced with the challenge of developing an appropriate body of analysis, advice, and direction to help other nations that... Read more

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Transaction Edition

PART I: Comparative Models of Transition
Chapter 1 The Collapse of the Stalinist Economic System
Chapter 2 The Analytical Framework
Chapter 3 The Cost of Transition

PART II: Case Studies in Transition Economies
Chapter 4 The Shock Therapy Model of Transition
Chapter 5 The Neoclassical Gradualist Model of Transition
Preventive Therapy
Chapter 6 The Post Keynesian Model of Transition:
Developing a Civilized Society
Chapter 7 The Pluralistic Market Socialist Model of Transition
Chapter 8 The Non-Pluralistic Model of Market Socialism:
The Chinese Approach

PART III: Conclusions
Chapter 9 Was There an Optimal Model of Transition?
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Biography

John Marangos is associate professor in the department of economics at Colorado State University. He is the editor of the Forum of Social Economics and section editor of International Economics and Development Studies for the Global Business and Economic Review. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Issues.

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