Synopses & Reviews
This book analyzes the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and human development performance.
About the Author
PASQUALE TRIDICO is Assistant Professor at the University of Rome III, Italy. In the autumn of 2009 he was Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Los Angeles in California, USA. He was external Research Associate at Trinity College, Dublin, and member of the EAEPE Council. He is currently Fulbright Scholar at New York University, USA.
Table of Contents
PART I: TRANSFORMATION, DECLINE AND UNSTABLE GROWTH
Transition to Market: a Long and Undefined Journey
The Great Transformation: Recession, Recovery and EU Conditionality
PART II: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND VARIETY OF CAPITALISM IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Institutional Change: Old and New Institutionalism
A Model of Institutional Change in Transition Economies
Variety of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Models in Transition Economies
PART III: CAPABILITY APPROACH, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Explaining Economic Development: Old and New Theories
Institutions, Human Development, Economic Growth
Origins of Development: Social Capital, Middle Class and Democracy
Conclusion