Nations in Transit - 2001-2002: Civil Society, Democracy and Markets in East Central Europe and Newly Independent States

by Motyl,Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780765809766
• ISBN10: 0765809761
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-07-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How are democracy and market reforms faring in East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union? Is civil society expanding or shrinking? Are the media free or fettered by official constraints? To what degree are nations governed by the rule of law? Are human rights respected? Do economic policies encourage or encumber private sector development and growth? No single work provides such a strong quantitative accounting of the developing areas.In Nations in Transit 2001-2002, Freedom House asked leading regional specialists and in-house experts to answer a checklist of more than 70 indicators for 27 post-Communist countries in ten key areas: political process; civil society; independent media; governance and public administration; constitutional, legislative and judicial framework; corruption; privatization; macroeconomic policy; microeconomic policy; and social sector indicators. Measuring progress in the shift from totalitarian to democratic societies is itself a unique and significant functionof this essential tool.The results are incisive, authoritative, and comprehensive reports that assess the progress of East Central European and former Soviet countries in ridding themselves of repressive political systems and inefficient statist economies. As an added dimension, Freedom House has developed a rating system that allows for a comparative analysis of countries. Nations in Transit is an invaluable resource for government and non-governmental institutions, schools and universities, and anyone else interested in better understanding the political, economic, and legal structures and institutions that compromise the infrastructure on which the transition to open societies and marketsdepends.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Explanatory Notes	p. 9
List of Abbreviations	p. 13
Nations in Transit 2002: A Mixed Picture of Change	p. 15
Tables and Charts	p. 21
Troubles to Come: The Emerging Security Challenges in the Balkans and the Former Soviet Union	p. 31
Advancing Into Europe? The Contrasting Goals of Post-Communist Countries	p. 39
Country Reports
Albania	p. 50
Armenia	p. 64
Azerbaijan	p. 80
Belarus	p. 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina	p. 108
Bulgaria	p. 126
Croatia	p. 140
Czech Republic	p. 154
Estonia	p. 164
Georgia	p. 182
Hungary	p. 196
Kazakhstan	p. 210
Kyrgyz Republic	p. 224
Latvia	p. 240
Lithuania	p. 254
Macedonia	p. 270
Moldova	p. 284
Poland	p. 298
Romania	p. 312
Russia	p. 328
Slovakia	p. 346
Slovenia	p. 360
Tajikistan	p. 374
Turkmenistan	p. 388
Ukraine	p. 400
Uzbekistan	p. 416
Yugoslavia	p. 428
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