Eastern European Development and Public Policy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Economic Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Urban Cleavages in the Emerging Democracies of Eastern Europe

      • Vic Duke, Keith Grime

      Pages 3-16

   3. The Non-Profit Sector and the Restructuring of the Economy and Society in Hungary

      • Éva Kuti

      Pages 17-31

   4. Capitalism’s Young Pioneers

      • John Maxwell Hamilton

      Pages 32-38

   5. Recession and Growth during Transition to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe

      • Grzegorz W. Kolodko

      Pages 39-48

3. Social Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. Judicial Change in Yugoslavia: The Rise of Ethno-Political Justice

      • Lenard J. Cohen

      Pages 51-76

   3. Elite Perspectives on Political, Communications and Educational Changes in Eastern Europe

      • Russell F. Farnen, Daniel B. German

      Pages 77-104

   4. Social Policy in a Post-Socialist Vacuum

      • Ludmila Dziewiecka-Bokun

      Pages 105-117

4. Technology and Environmental Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Will Pollution Kill the Revolution?

      • John Maxwell Hamilton

      Pages 121-130

   3. Environmental Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: The Possible Role of International Policy and Market-Oriented Instruments

      • Jaroslav Stoklasa

      Pages 131-139

5. Political Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Electoral Systems in Greece

      • Panayote Elias Dimitras

      Pages 143-175

   3. Variation in the Evolution of the Yugoslav Communist Parties

      • Jim Seroka

      Pages 176-196

   4. Political Alienation in the Soviet Union

      • Arthur H. Miller

      Pages 197-230

   5. Policy Agenda for the New Post-Communist States

      • Ivan Grdesic

      Pages 231-239

6. Back Matter

   Pages 241-244

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This book analyzes various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in East Europe directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within East Europe and also from East Europe research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmnetal decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering.

• communism
• decision-making
• economic policy
• economy
• electoral system
• environmental policy
• geopolitics
• Institution
• market economy
• migration
• Policy
• revolution
• social policy

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

  Stuart S. Nagel

• Institute of Socio-Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

  Vladimir Rukavishnikov

• Moscow State University, Russia

  Vladimir Rukavishnikov

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