Economic Adjustment and the Future of Socialist Economic Integration
Economic Adjustment and the Future of Socialist Economic Integration
Author(s): Jozef M. van BrabantSubject(s): Economic history, Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Economic development, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Eastern Europe; economic policy; transition; socialist economic integration; economic expansion; adjustment of economic policies;
Summary/Abstract: The transition from one plan quinquennium to another ordinarily provides a convenient, if at times symbolic, watershed in the economic policies of centrally planned economies (CPEs). At the least, it offers an important opportunity for a broad reflection on the direction of medium-to long-term development. This routine flashback, perhaps in combination with farther-ranging introspection, certainly prevails in 1986 too. Nonetheless, the current changeover, in my view, marks an unusually important juncture in the evolution of the economic policies and institutions of the East European CPEs, although these potentially major transitions may well fail to become fully transparent until later in the decade. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 01/1986
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 75-112
- Page Count: 38
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF