Accidental Occidental - Economics and Culture of Transition in Mitteleuropa, the Baltic and the Balkan Area (Hardcover)

Besides providing a historical record of the long road from the economic agenda of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution to the present transition from communism, this book can be considered a staunch defense of market capitalism and liberal democracy. Any celebration of the current transition in Eastern Europe necessarily affirms the superiority of a market system over a non-market one and of a democratic system over a non-democratic one. The author does not deny the failures, shortcomings or imperfections of market economy and democracy. Nor does he take the survival of market capitalism and liberal democracy for granted. On the contrary, by highlighting the valiant and painful process of transition and attempting to understand its economics and culture, he seeks to contribute to the theoretical (academic) and practical (political) defense of Western civilization.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	2013
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Lajos Bokros (Professor of Economics and Public Policy)
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-6155225246
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
LSN:	6155225249
Barcode:	9786155225246

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