Pathways from and Crises after Communism Part 2. The Case of Former USSR and China
The transition from socialist redistributive economy to capitalist markets has proved to be a rockier road that anticipated. The degree and character of difficulties that the countries faced during the transition depended on the nature of the pathways taken. In this paper I distinguish three major t...
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| Language: | English |
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Belvedere Meridionale LTD.
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Belvedere Meridionale |
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| Online Access: | http://www.belvedere-meridionale.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/01_szelenyi_2015_01.pdf |
| Summary: | The transition from socialist redistributive economy to capitalist markets has proved to be a rockier road that anticipated. The degree and character of difficulties that the countries faced during the transition depended on the nature of the pathways taken. In this paper I distinguish three major trajectories various countries followed: Central European neo-liberalism; post USSR neo-patrimonial regime and the East Asian (Chinese and Vietnamese) transformation from below. Rather than distinguishing the “right way” from the “wrong way” I explore what the diff erent costs and benefi ts of the various pathways were at various stages of the transformation. |
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| ISSN: | 1419-0222 2064-5929 |