Name: The Transformation of the Communist Economies
ISBN: 978-1-349-23916-0

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Ha-Joon Chang (Assistant Director of Development Studies)⁰,
Peter Nolan (Director of Studies in Economics)¹

Ha-Joon Chang
1. University of Cambridge, UK
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Peter Nolan
1. Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

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Theoretical and Historical Overviews
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Europe versus Asia: Contrasting Paths to the Reform of Centrally Planned Systems of Political Economy
  
  Ha-Joon Chang, Peter Nolan
  
  Pages 3-45
3. Capitalist Triumphalism in the Eastern European Transition
  
  Peter Wiles
  
  Pages 46-77
4. Economic Theory and Transformation of the Soviet-type System: The Challenge of the Late Industrialisation Perspective
  
  Dic Lo
  
  Pages 78-110
Policy Issues
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 111-111
  
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2. Wasted Sacrifices: Real Wages and Reconstruction in Eastern Europe
  
  Andrew Glyn
  
  Pages 113-135
3. The Transition in Eastern Europe: The Case for Industrial Policy
  
  Michael A. Landesmann, Istvan Abel
  
  Pages 136-161
4. Reflections on the Privatisation Issue
  
  Keith Cowling
  
  Pages 162-176
5. Financial Fragility in the Transition to Market Economies
  
  Laurence Harris
  
  Pages 177-202
6. Equality, Efficiency and Economic Progress: The Case for Universally Applied Equitable Standards for Wages and Conditions of Work
  
  Frank Wilkinson
  
  Pages 203-229
7. Social Security Reform in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai
  
  Steve Pudney
  
  Pages 230-281
8. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transformation of Eastern Europe
  
  Hugo Radice
  
  Pages 282-310
Learning from Experiences
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 311-311
  
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2. The Lessons of History: New Economic Policy in China and the USSR
  
  Chris Bramall
  
  Pages 313-339
3. Nicaragua: The Sandinista Experiment and its Aftermath
  
  Gabriel Palma
  
  Pages 340-381
4. Return to Europe?: Is there Anything for Eastern Europe to Learn from East Asia?
  
  Ha-Joon Chang
  
  Pages 382-399
5. Political Economy and the Reform of Stalinism: The Chinese Puzzle
  
  Peter Nolan
  
  Pages 400-417
Back Matter

Pages 419-438

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About this book

The mainstream view of the way in which best to transform the communist economies was that there should be a rapid transition to a free market economy and political democracy. The articles in this book challenge this view. They do so from the standpoint of economic and political theory, and from an evaluation of the comparative experience of different reforming countries in Europe and Asia. This book represents the first systematic attempt to try to explain the dramatic contrast in outcome between reforming countries that have pursued comprehensive system reform and those that have pursued cautious, experimental strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

University of Cambridge, UK

Ha-Joon Chang
Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

Peter Nolan

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Transformation of the Communist Economies
Book Subtitle: Against the Mainstream
Editors: Ha-Joon Chang, Peter Nolan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23916-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Ha-Joon Chang and Peter Nolan 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-23918-4Published: 12 June 1995
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23916-0Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 438
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Political Theory, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Theoretical and Historical Overviews

Front Matter

Policy Issues

Front Matter

Learning from Experiences

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Back Matter

Keywords

About this book

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University of Cambridge, UK

Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

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