Transition from socialist to market economies: comparison of European and Asian experiences

20 years after the collapse of communism in Central Eastern European countries and 30 years after the start of market-oriented reforms in China, this book provides a framework for understanding the differing emphasis and sequencing of two reforms and explores in-depth these issues in the demise of communism and the triumph of the market economy. INDICE: Introduction - PART I GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF COMPARISON - Conversionand Divergence in Transition Process: Europe and Asia - China's Transition toa Market Economy: How Far Across the River - Two Reforms under Mono-Party Systems-Hungarian NEM and China's Reform - PART II OWNERSHIP REFORM AND PRIVATIZATION - SOE Reform and Privatization in Transitionb China in Comparative Perspective - Vietnamese Gradualism in SOE Reforms - From Public to Private Savings:Decline of State Ownership in China - PART III THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND MARKET IN TRANSITION - The Special Safety Net in a Transitional Economy: the Case of China - The State and the Transformation of Economic Systems - Can the Japan Inc. Model be a Middle Course for Transition: Industrial Policy and Postwar Economic Development of Japan - Market and Political Justice in Transformationof Poland - PART IV LESSONS OF THE FIRST DECADE REVISITED - Facts and Lessonsof Ten Years of Transformation in Central Europe - Lessons of Transformation in the Czech Republic: 1990-2000 - -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22803-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 296
• Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés