Catching Up and Falling Behind: Post-Communist Transformation in Historical Perspective

by Dyker, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781860944345
• ISBN10: 1860944345
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-05
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Part I Introduction
1 Transforming the Post-Socialist Economies: Patterns and Paradoxes	3	(22)
Part II The Political Economy of Transition
2 Nomenklatura Nationalism: The Key to an Understanding of the New East European Politics?	25	(26)
3 The Structural Origins of the Russian Economic Crisis	51	(36)
Part III Transition and the Global Economy
4 Technology and Structure in the Polish Economy Under Transition and Globalisation	87	(28)
5 Trade Policy for the Countries of the FSU: What Can the Developed Industrial Countries Do to Help?	115	(24)
Part IV The East European countries and the European Union
6 The Dynamic Impact on the Central-East European Economies of Accession to the European Union: Social Capability and Technology Absorption	139	(32)
7 "East"-"West" Networks and their Alignment: Industrial Networks in Hungary and Slovenia	171	(32)
Part V Technology and Transition
8 Key Actors in the Process of Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Context of Economic Transition	203	(14)
9 Technology Exchange and the Foreign Business Sector in Russia	217	(35)
10 Building the Knowledge-Based Economy in Countries in Transition: From Concepts to Policies	252	(39)
Part VI Patterns and Prospects
11 Economic Performance in the Transition Economies: A Comparative Perspective	291	(31)
12 Building Social Capability for Economic Catch-Up: The Experience and Prospects of the Post-Socialist Countries	322	(23)
Part VII By Way of Conclusion
13 What Transition Has Learned from Economics - and What Economics Has Learned from Transition	345	(24)
Index	369