Very few studies have ventured to explore the shift in economic
ideas that were such a critical factor in shaping and understanding
the East European transition process. Paul Dragos Aligica and
Anthony J. Evans have seized upon the potential that this crucial
case has to illuminate the larger phenomenon of diffusion and
adoption of economic ideas. Two different but related research
agendas are developed: the study of the spread of 'neoliberalism'
as seen from the perspective of Eastern European post-communist
evolutions and the study of Eastern European transition as seen
from an ideas-centered perspective.Combining a distinctive
synthesis of the existing data about the spread of neoliberal
economic ideas in Central and Eastern Europe with an analysis of
the processes at work, the authors challenge a series of
misunderstandings and myths about the spread of neoliberal economic
ideas. The disputed topics include: the myth of an Eastern European
rush to embrace the theories and ideas that may be considered the
mark of 'market fundamentalism'; the notion that a harsh
'neoliberal dogmatism' was somehow imposed on the region from
outside; the idea that the standardization and regimentation of
economic thinking was a result of the spread of the Western way of
doing economics; and the belief that the Eastern Europeans
passively embraced this uniformity and standardization due to
pressure from the Westerners. This unusual synthesis will appeal to
scholars in economics, political science, communist/post-communist
studies and new institutionalism, as well as policymakers.
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