Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies (Studies in Economic Transition)

Description

This book is about the development path of transition economics in former Soviet Republics and European Countries. That has undergone the shift from a planned to a market economy since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It looks at institutional transformation, economic progress, and human development.

Here’s what you will learn in this course:

Introduction

Transformation, Decline and Unstable Growth

• Front Matter
• Transition to Market: A Long and Undefined Journey
• The Great Transformation: Recession, Recovery, and EU Conditionality

Institutional Change and Varieties of Capitalism in Transition Economies

• Front Matter
• Institutional Change: Old and New Institutionalism
• A Model of Institutional Change in Transition Economies
• Varieties of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Models in Transition Economies

The Capability Approach, Social Capital and Human Development in Transition Economies

• Front Matter
• Explaining Economic Development: Old and New Theories
• Institutions, Human Development, Economic Growth
• Origins of Development: Social Capital, the Middle Class and Democracy
• Conclusion