1st Edition

Public Policy in Transition Economies An Institutional Perspective

296 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Public policies are usually carefully designed to address a particular problem, but they are also shaped and influenced by the sociocultural heritage of a particular country. This volume explores the origins of economic and other public policies in Central and Eastern Europe. This region makes for a particularly interesting case because after going through a major system change – transitioning... Read more

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 an assistant professor at the Institute of Economics, Finance and Management at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz is an 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.