Diversity of Patchwork Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-72720-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This book is a comparative study which sheds a new empirical and theoretical light on the nature of post-communist capitalism in 11 EU new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe, or CEE11.

Extending and modifying a well-established conceptual framework for comparative capitalism rooted in new institutional economics and economic sociology, it offers a better explanation for transition-specific and path-dependent factors inherent to systemic transformation. Based on a vast dataset, the book therefore illuminates the (dis)similarities among the institutional architectures in the EU countries. Thus, the book argues that the evolving capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe exhibits strong symptoms of institutional ambiguity or a "patchwork" nature which makes it a distinct category from any of the co-existing models of Western European capitalism.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative political economy, Eastern European politics, post-communist studies and more broadly to researchers in the fields of economics, European politics and the wider social sciences. It will also be of significance to journalists, policymakers, members of international organizations and consultancies with an interest in Central and Eastern Europe and in European integration.

This title was distinguished in 2021 with a Prize for outstanding scientific achievements awarded by Poland’s Minister of Education and Science. See more here: https://ssl-kolegia.sgh.waw.pl/en/KGS/Pages/news.aspx?NewsID=34bcc811-438c-431f-95e5-66eabf6ce0fe&ListID=46c22218-3039-4020-954e-767189a2773d

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rapacki, Ryszard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Theoretical Background 1. Comparative Capitalism: Conceptual Framework and Theoretical Background [Juliusz Gardawski and Ryszard Rapacki] 2. Emerging Varieties of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: A Survey of the Literature [Ryszard Rapacki, Adam Czerniak, Juliusz Gardawski, Bozena Horbaczewska, Adam Karbowski, Piotr Maszczyk and Mariusz Próchniak] 3. Methodological Framework [Adam Czerniak and Piotr Maszczyk] Part II: Empirical Results 4. Models of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Product Market Competition [Mariusz Próchniak] 5. Labor Market and Industrial Relations [Juliusz Gardawski and Rafal Towalski] 6. Financial Intermediation [Bozena Horbaczewska] 7. Social Protection System [Piotr Maszczyk] 8. Knowledge System [Adam Karbowski] 9. Housing Market [Adam Czerniak] 10. The Empirical Results of Subspace Clustering: A Summary [Ryszard Rapacki and Adam Czerniak] Concluding Remarks [Ryszard Rapacki]

Über Autor(innen)

Ryszard Rapacki is Full Professor and former Head of the Department of Economics at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.