David Bartlett challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the hazards of "dual transformations": far from hindering marketization, democratization has facilitated it. Bartlett argues that the transition to democracy in East Central Europe lowered the political barriers to mark…
David Bartlett challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the hazards of "dual transformations": far from hindering marketization, democratization has facilitated it. Bartlett argues that the transition to democracy in East Central Europe lowered the political barriers to mark…
Provides an examination of the relationship between the state and market in China's economic development over several centuries. Its analysis is situated in the context of debates about technical progress in the pre-modern world and includes factors such as the impact of Western…
'The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism' looks at the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing how the system originated in the degenerated Soviet bureaucracy under the ppessures of global capital. Ruslan Dzarasov provides a detailed analysis of …
Vietnam's bold economic reforms initiated under the title of Doi Moi in 1986 have produced spectacular economic outcomes which have fascinated economists, business people, commerce students, political scientists and government advisors alike worldwide. This book surveys importan…