Poland's Protracted Transition: Institutional Change and Economic Growth, 1970-1994: 98
Author(s): Kazimierz Poznanski (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 29 Jan. 2010
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0521556392
ISBN-13: 9780521556392
Book Description
In this book, first published in 1997, Kazimierz Z. Poznanski offers an integrated study of institutional change in the Polish economy since 1971. He examines the economic peak of the communist phase, the decline of the system, and the post-communist transition since 1989. Taking his analytical framework from evolutionary economics, he provides a complete re-evaluation of conventional views of communist economies and the post-communist transition. The book presents the communist economy as subject to major changes, particularly due to political pressures, and interprets its economic difficulties as related to underlying political decay. The economic 'shock therapy' of 1990 is seen as very much a continuation of earlier trends and pressures, which has led to probably an even deeper, though brief, economic collapse. This book will be of interest to economists and political scientists concerned with institutional transitions, as well as to students of East European and post-Soviet studies.
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'… an exceptional book dealing with a country which is central to understanding post-communist transformations.' George Kolankiewicz, University of Essex
Book Description
This book, first published in 1997, offers an integrated study of institutional change in the Polish economy since 1971.
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In this book, Kazimierz Z. Poznanski offers an integrated study of institutional change in the Polish economy since 1970. He examines the economic peak of the communist phase, the decline of the system, and the post-communist transition since 1989. Taking his analytical framework from evolutionary economics, he provides a complete reevaluation of conventional views of communist economies and the post-communist transition. The book presents the communist economy as subject to major changes, particularly due to political pressures, and interprets its economic difficulties as related to underlying systemic decay. The economic 'shock therapy' of 1990 is seen as very much a continuation of earlier trends and pressures, which has led to probably an even deeper, though brief, economic collapse. This book will be of interest to economists and political scientists concerned with institutional transitions, as well as to students of East European and post-Soviet studies.
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