Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2002 Издание:World Scientific Publishing Company Страниц: 330 ISBN: 9810248733, 9789810248734 To date, the record of economic transition has been decidedly mixed. The worldwide political climate is still in favour of economic reform and the process continues to have considerable momentum. On the other hand, this process now faces a number of formidable obstacles. There appears to be general agreement that in many countries the promise of a better standard of living which economic transition offers to the mass of the citizenry has failed to produce the rapid and dramatic results hoped for. There is an increasing conflict of interest between multinational firms and the national business community. Moreover, many transition economies have experienced a slowing of economic growth in real terms and social services have been severely cut. This study deals with the development of those forces that have played a major role in the successes and failures of economic transition. Its distinctive feature is that it does this from the perspective of economic, political and social analysis,...
