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Economic Ideas in the Transition from Communism
Paul Dragos Aligica, Anthony J. Evans
ISBN: 9781847206374
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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Combining a distinctive synethesis of the existing data about the spead of neoliberal economic ideas in Central and Eastern Europe with analysis of the processes of work, the authors challenge a series of misunderstanding and myths about the spread of neoliberal economic ideas. The disputed topics include…
This unique book develops two different but related research agendas: the study of the spread of 'neoliberalism' - as seen from the perspective of Eastern European post-communist evolutions; and the study of Eastern European transition - as seen from an ideas-centred perspective. It challenges a series of misunderstandings and myths about the spread of neoliberal economic ideas in Eastern Europe and offers a clearer understanding of progress since market reform began.
| ISBN | 1847206379 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781847206374
(What's this?) | | Pages | 296 | | Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | | Published in | Cheltenham | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | New Thinking in Political Economy Series | | Publication date | 01 Jan 2009 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | HB87 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 330.12 | | Academic level | Postgraduate |
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| Pt. I | | The Spread of Western Economic Ideas in Eastern Europe: An Overview | | | | 1 | | Economic Ideas: Demarcations and Schools of Thought | | 13 | | 2 | | Western Economic Ideas and the Fragile Hegemony of Marxism. The Pre-1989 Setting | | 28 | | 3 | | The Remarkable Path to Primacy of Western Economic Ideas. Change and Institutionalization After 1989 | | 51 | | Pt. II | | Frameworks for Analyzing and Understanding the Spread of Economic Ideas | | | | 4 | | Frameworks for Analysis and Interpretation: Diffusion, Marketplace of Ideas and Growth of Knowledge | | 83 | | 5 | | Frameworks for Analysis and Interpretation: From Personal Commitment to Functional Rationality | | 106 | | Pt. III | | Facets, Themes and Cases: Diversity and Change in the Neoliberal Revolution of Ideas | | | | 6 | | A Test of Market Fundamentalism: Austrian Economics | | 141 | | 7 | | Western Economics and Local Responses: A Closer Look | | 160 | | 8 | | The Flat Tax in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Perspective | | 184 | | 9 | | Neoclassical Economics, New Institutionalism and the Eastern European Economic Reform Experience | | 204 | | | | Bibliography | | 231 | | | | Index | | 255 |
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