1st Edition

Diversity of Patchwork Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe

Edited By Ryszard Rapacki Copyright 2019
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is a comparative study which sheds a new empirical and theoretical light on the nature of post-communist capitalism in 11 EU new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe, or CEE11. Extending and modifying a well-established conceptual framework for comparative capitalism rooted in new institutional economics and economic sociology, it offers a better explanation for... Read more

Part I: Theoretical Background  1. Comparative Capitalism: Conceptual Framework and Theoretical Background [Juliusz Gardawski and Ryszard Rapacki]  2. Emerging Varieties of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: A Survey of the Literature [Ryszard Rapacki, Adam Czerniak, Juliusz Gardawski, Bożena Horbaczewska, Adam Karbowski, Piotr Maszczyk and Mariusz Próchniak]  3. Methodological Framework [Adam Czerniak and Piotr Maszczyk]  Part II: Empirical Results  4. Models of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Product Market Competition [Mariusz Próchniak]  5. Labor Market and Industrial Relations [Juliusz Gardawski and Rafał Towalski]  6. Financial Intermediation [Bożena Horbaczewska]  7. Social Protection System [Piotr Maszczyk]  8. Knowledge System [Adam Karbowski]  9. Housing Market [Adam Czerniak]  10. The Empirical Results of Subspace Clustering: A Summary [Ryszard Rapacki and Adam Czerniak]  Concluding Remarks [Ryszard Rapacki]

Biography

Ryszard Rapacki is Full Professor and former Head of the Department of Economics at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.