1st Edition
Public Policy in Transition Economies An Institutional Perspective
This region makes for a particularly interesting case because after going through a major system change – transitioning from a command economy into a market economy - many of the key policies were written anew. The contributors to this book look at key policy areas at the intersection of state and private sectors, including industrial, pension, energy and competition policies. The chapters examine key questions such as: how did these policies evolve from the time of transition to their final form? What were the main drivers of policy conduct and factors influencing major policy choices? How does the historical context impact contemporary policy space? Throughout the volume, an institutional approach is adopted, according to which policies are perceived as the outcome of top-down design, filtered through social institutions inherited from the past. With this approach, the book presents a long-running assessment, over 30 years, of policymaking in transition economies, which were subject to profound changes throughout the period.
The book will be of interest to readers in institutional economics, policy studies, transition economies and the recent history of Eastern Europe.
I. Between institutions and policies – conceptual approaches
1. Institutionalization of economic policies in transition economies. Theoretical aspects and historical lessons
Maciej J. Grodzicki, Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz
2. Great Transformations in Historical Perspective. Market and Class in England, Algeria and Poland
Maciej Kassner
3. The state in a (post)transition economy: between neoliberalism and neostatism
Marek Ratajczak
II. Organized interests
4. Interest-Centred Explanation of Pension Reforms in Poland
Anna Ząbkowicz
5. Labour incomes and economic activity in Poland
Adam Koronowski
6. Path of privatization and its risks for Ukraine
Yurii Pogorelov, Yevheniia Polishchuk
III. Framing of policies
7. Stages in the development of competition and consumer protection policy in Poland in 1990-2021 and their contribution to the foundations of Poland's socio-economic order
Katarzyna Kamińska
8. Economic policies and entrepreneurial activity in transition economies from the institutional perspective as evidenced by Kosovo and North Macedonia
Fadil Sahiti
9. Evolution of institutional determinants of innovation policy in Poland
Karolina Trzaska, Ewa Gruszewska
IV. Sectoral case studies
10. Intangible investment and governance quality in the new and old member states of the European Union
Črt Kostevc, Tjaša Redek
11. Regulatory governance in telecommunications industry in Poland
Renata Śliwa
12. The Hungarian energy policy from the system change to mature EU membership - adequacy with regard to current challenges
Sarolta Somosi
Biography
Maciej J. Grodzicki is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics, Finance and Management.
Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz is Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics, Finance and Management and a director of the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
