Tridico Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies

2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-31388-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies in Economic Transition

This book analyses 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tridico, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

PASQUALE TRIDICO is Assistant Professor at the University Roma Tre, Italy. Whilst studying for his PhD on transition economics, he was Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK, and at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He spent three years conducting post-doctoral research on a European Union project, working at Trinity College, Dublin, Newcastle University and Lancaster University. In the autumn of 2009 he was Visiting Research Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is external Research Associate at Trinity College, Dublin, and member of the EAEPE Council. He is currently Fulbright Scholar at New York University.