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This ambitious book presents a conceptual framework for an
institutional approach to economic change and economic
transformation. It sheds important light on two basic concepts:
social complexity and interactive governance.The first part of the
book develops the theoretical foundations for dealing with social
complexity, economic governance and change. The second part
describes the failures and successes of different forms of
governance in different cultural and institutional contexts. A
major theme in the book is the significance of social context and
path-dependence in the management of economic change. The book will
have particular appeal to economists and political scientists
concerned with the political economy of economic change and the
transition process.
This title was first published in 2000: A study of the diffusion
and effective use of ICT in industry in Hungary, Poland, Lithuania
and Ukraine. It explores quantitative and qualitative overviews of
the current state of affairs with respect to computer-networking in
industry, and examines prospects and obstacles.
Strategic Choice and Path-Dependency in Post-Socialism focuses on
the distinctive institutional legacies of state socialism and their
impact on the transformation of Poland, Hungary and the former
Czechoslovakia. Strategic dilemmas and problems of institutional
design involved in the transition from state socialism to
democratic and market-orientated societies are also addressed in
this ground breaking volume.A distinguished group of scholars from
Eastern and Central Europe, as well as the West, addresses the
transformation process from the institutional and evolutionary
perspectives in political economy and the social sciences. The
first part presents six essays by Western scholars reflecting on
institutional design, strategic dilemmas, path-dependency, and the
dynamics of post-socialism with a general relevance to the
transformation process. The remaining papers provide detailed,
contemporary analyses of the transformation of Poland, Hungary, and
the former Czechoslovakia respectively. Each part covers the same
broad set of themes so that the reader obtains an insightful and
authoritative overview of the problems of institutional design,
strategic dilemmas and path dependency. This strong combination of
theoretically informed comparative analysis with up-to-date case
studies, drawing on several years' experience of the countries
discussed, will ensure that this major new volume will be welcomed
by students and researchers interested in Eastern and Central
Europe, comparative economics, politics and sociology.
This title was first published in 2000: A study of the diffusion
and effective use of ICT in industry in Hungary, Poland, Lithuania
and Ukraine. It explores quantitative and qualitative overviews of
the current state of affairs with respect to computer-networking in
industry, and examines prospects and obstacles.
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