Overview
The great transformation undertaken by the countries of the former communist bloc exhibits immense diversityDSin terms of initial conditions, shifting target models, consistency, paths, speed, progress to date, and economic performance. This is the first comprehensive study of the economics and politics of postsocialism to be written by an author so deeplyDSand so successfullyDSinvolved in the reform process. Many people writing on the reform process offer advice that is not really credible; as a member of the Polish government, and architect of the successful Polish reform, Grzegorz Kolodko actually solved many of the difficulties of transition, which allows him to come forward here with policy proposals and long-term forecasts. The treatment of the transition from plan to market as a historical process is an important feature of the book. The author claims that there is no historical fatalityDSthat sound policies in the present are more determining than the favourable or unfavourable legacies of the past. The aim is to create and maintain the conditions for sustainable growth and durable development.
Full Product Details
Author: Grzegorz W. Kolodko
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.775kg
ISBN: 9780198297437
ISBN 10: 0198297432
Pages: 470
Publication Date: 04 May 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
provides a highly readable and sensible critique of the so-called 'Washington consensus' on the recipe for transformation of former Soviet-type economics * SEER, Vol.79, No.3 * His [Kolodko] analysis of the old system and where it went wrong under the megalomaniacal dominance of Soviet leaders is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the past and present in the region * SEER, Vol.79, No.3 * this is one of the best treatments of the transformation process thus far available * SEER, Vol.79, No.3 * worth having in one's library * SEER, Vol.79, No.3 *
worth having in one's library SEER, Vol.79, No.3 this is one of the best treatments of the transformation process thus far available SEER, Vol.79, No.3 His [Kolodko] analysis of the old system and where it went wrong under the megalomaniacal dominance of Soviet leaders is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the past and present in the region SEER, Vol.79, No.3 provides a highly readable and sensible critique of the so-called 'Washington consensus' on the recipe for transformation of former Soviet-type economics SEER, Vol.79, No.3
Author Information
Kolodko is a university professor (currently of Warsaw and Rochester universities), researcher, consultant to international organizations, former government minister in Poland, and author of numerous books and research papers.
