The Politics of Privatization: Wealth and Power in Postcommunist Europe
John A. Gould | | ISBN: 978-1-58826-758-0
$55.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-783-2
$22.50 |
| March 2011/210 pages
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DESCRIPTION
In this remarkable story of postcommunist politics gone wrong, John Gould explores privatization’s role in the scramble for wealth and power in postcommunist Europe.
Gould engages the core debates on privatization. Does democratic development facilitate effective capitalist reform, or vice versa? How do political legacies shape privatization choices? is simultaneous transition feasible? Offering both new empirical information and nuanced political analysis, his in-depth study reveals a surprising relationship between political liberalization and economic reform.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John A. Gould is associate professor of political science at Colorado College.
CONTENTS
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Introduction.
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Politics and Structural Adjustment in Postcommunist Europe.
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Privatization and Political Change.
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Designing Privatization in Czechoslovakia.
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The Politics of Privatization in the Czech Republic.
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The Politics of Privatization in Slovakia.
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Postprivatization Entrepreneurs in Ukraine.
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The Political Economy of Regime Change in Serbia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
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Conclusion.
"This is an impressive and thought-provoking book. It covers a wide range of cases and will be of use to anyone who studies or teaches postcommunist political economy."—Andrew Barnes, Kent State University