1st Edition

The Political Economy of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe The Light(s) at the End of the Tunnel

Edited By Jens Bastian Copyright 1998
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume contributes to the debate after the fall of the Soviet Union on the transition of Eastern European, former Soviet countries to a market economy. The transition was an enterprise as daring in practice and historically unprecedented as it is an analytical laboratory subject to constant reflection. The first two chapters address foreign direct investment in... Read more

1. Introduction. Jens Bastian. 2. The Social and Economic Legacies of Direct Capital Inflows: the Case of Hungary. Péter Á. Bod. 3. Investment Promotion in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Anne-Ev Enzmann. 4. Introducing Private Pension Funds in Transition Economies of Central Europe. Jens Bastian. 5. The Development of Independent Media in Central and Eastern Europe. Nadja Hahn. 6. Print Media in Romania: Struggling for Independence and Democratic Change. Gudrun Lingner. 7. Development Trends and Economic Policy-Making in Poland. Piotr Jaworski and Ryszard Rapacki. 8. From Former to Post: Communist Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Jens Bastian.

Biography

Jens Bastian