Eastern European Development and Public Policy

✍ Scribed by Stuart S. Nagel, Vladimir Rukavishnikov (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Leaves: 251
Series: Policy Studies Organization Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book analyzes various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in East Europe directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within East Europe and also from East Europe research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmnetal decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Urban Cleavages in the Emerging Democracies of Eastern Europe....Pages 3-16
The Non-Profit Sector and the Restructuring of the Economy and Society in Hungary....Pages 17-31
Capitalism’s Young Pioneers....Pages 32-38
Recession and Growth during Transition to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe....Pages 39-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Judicial Change in Yugoslavia: The Rise of Ethno-Political Justice....Pages 51-76
Elite Perspectives on Political, Communications and Educational Changes in Eastern Europe....Pages 77-104
Social Policy in a Post-Socialist Vacuum....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Will Pollution Kill the Revolution?....Pages 121-130
Environmental Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: The Possible Role of International Policy and Market-Oriented Instruments....Pages 131-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Electoral Systems in Greece....Pages 143-175
Variation in the Evolution of the Yugoslav Communist Parties....Pages 176-196
Political Alienation in the Soviet Union....Pages 197-230
Policy Agenda for the New Post-Communist States....Pages 231-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-244

✦ Subjects

Public Policy;Development Studies;Political Science

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