1st Edition

The East European Economy in Context Communism and Transition

By David Turnock Copyright 1997
440 Pages
by Routledge

440 Pages
by Routledge

Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition , David Turnock examines the transition from communist to free-market economies, both within... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION: EASTERN EUROPE TO 1945 2 EASTERN EUROPE UNDER COMMUNISM 3 THE TRANSITION: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES 4 TRANSITION TO A MARKET ECONOMY 5 NATIONAL PROFILES: NORTHERN COUNTRIES 6 NATIONAL PROFILES: BALKAN COUNTRIES 7 RESTRUCTURING IN AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY 8 PROSPECTS FOR THE REGIONS OF EASTERN EUROPE

Biography

David Turnock is Reader in Geography at the University of Leicester and author of The Romanian Economy in the Twentieth Century.