Rethinking Comparative Economics: From Organizational Simplicity to Institutional Complexity
Rethinking Comparative Economics: From Organizational Simplicity to Institutional Complexity
Author(s): Kazimierz Z. PoznańskiSubject(s): Economic history, Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Political economy, Economic development, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Book-Review
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Eastern Europe; market economy; socialist system; political economy of Communism; postcommunist transition; economic reforms; economic development; book review;
Summary/Abstract: The review of: 1) Christopher Clauge and Gordon Rausse, eds., The Emergence of Market Economies in Eastern Europe (Cambridge Mass.: Basil Blackwell, 1992). 2) Janos Kornai, The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992). 3) Janos Kornai, Highways and Byways in Reform and Post-Communist Transition (Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, 1994). 4) Barry Naughton, Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978-1993 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 12/1998
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 171-199
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
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