1st Edition
The Economic History of Central, East and South-East Europe 1800 to the Present
The collapse of communism in Central, East and South-East Europe (CESEE) led to great hopes for the region and for Europe. A quarter of a century on, the picture is mixed: in many CESEE countries, the transformation process is incomplete, and the economic catch-up has taken longer than anticipated.
The current situation has highlighted the need for a better understanding of the long-term political and economic implications of the Central, East and South-East European historical experience. This thematically organised text offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the economic history of CESEE from 1800 to the present day. Bringing together authors from both East and West, the book also draws on the cutting-edge research of a new generation of scholars from the CESEE region. Presenting a thoroughly modern overview of the history of the region, the text will be invaluable to students of economic history and CESEE area studies.
Contents
- Editor’s introduction: Long-term patterns of economic growth and development in Central, East and South-East Europe since 1800
Matthias Morys
2. Living standards in the very long run: The place of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in the Divergence debate
Stephen Broadberry and Mikołaj Malinowski
The long 19th century: 1800 – 1914
3. Economic growth and sectoral developments, 1800-1914
Michael Kopsidis and Max-Stephan Schulze
4. Economic policy during the long 19th century
Michael Pammer and Ali Coskun Tuncer
5. Economic integration with Western Europe and the global economy,
1800-1914
Steven Nafziger and Matthias Morys
6. Population and living standards, 1800-1914
Tomas Cvrcek
The interwar period (1918 – 1939)
7. Economic growth and sectoral developments in the interwar period
Matthias Morys
8. Economic policy in the interwar period
Nathan Marcus, Stefan Nikolic and Tobias Straumann
9. Between disintegration and convergence: flows of capital, goods, and labour
Jari Eloranta, Stefan Nikolic and Flora Macher
10. Population and living standards in the interwar period
Matthias Morys and Martin Ivanov
The communist period: 1945 – 1989/91
11. Economic growth and sectoral developments, 1945-1989
Tamás Vonyó and Andrei Markevich
12. Economic policy under state socialism, 1945-1989
Andrei Markevich and Tamás Vonyó
13. Economic integration within COMECON and with the Western economies
Sandor Richter
14. Population, living standards and wellbeing, 1949-1989
Bas van Leeuwen and Peter Foldari
The transition period (since 1989)
15. Economic growth and sectorial developments, 1990-2008
Ilya Voskoboynikov
16. Economic policy: path dependence and path creation, 1989-2015
Laszlo Csaba
17. Political and economic integration with the Western economies since 1989
Kiril Kossev and William Tompson
18. Population, living standards and well-being since 1989
Peter Foldvari and Bas van Leeuwen
Biography
Matthias Morys is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of York (UK). He earned a Ph.D. (2006) from the London School of Economics and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford prior to coming to York. His research interests include monetary and financial history of the 19th and 20th centuries, globalisation in historical perspective, and the economic history of Central, East and South-East Europe.
