The chapter presents the building blocks of a Polanyi-inspired analytical framework of the varied paths of post-socialist capitalism in good times and bad. Instead of looking for total similarities, it considers Polanyi's work as a rich source of reference points, analogies and …
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Success, Fragility, and Diversity of Postsocialist Capitalism -- 1. Capitalist Diversity after Socialism -- 2. Paths to Postsocialist Capitalism -- 3. Nation Builders and Neo…
"With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single set of political-economic relations. Rather, they each ha…
With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single set of political-economic relations. Rather, they each had…
"With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single set of political-economic relations. Rather, they each ha…
