Eastern European Development and Public Policy

This book analyzes various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in East Europe directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within East Europe and also from East Europe research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmnetal decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering.

Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: ECONOMIC POLICY - Urban Cleavages in the Emerging Democracies of Eastern Europe; V.Duke & K.Grime - The Nonprofit Sector and the Restructuring of Economy and Society in Hungary; E.Kuti - Capitalism's Young Pioneers; J.M.Hamilton - Recession and Growth During Transition to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe; G.Kolodko - PART 2: SOCIAL POLICY - Migration and Balkan Geopolitics: Consequences of the Past; V.Stanovcic - Judicial Change in Yugoslavia: The Rise of Ethno-Political Justice; L.Cohen - Political, Communications, and Educational Change in Eastern Europe: Implications for Political Socialization Research; R.Farnen & D.German - Social Policy in a Post-Socialistic Vacuum; L.Dziewiecka-Bokun - PART 3: TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - Will Pollution Kill the Revolution?; J.M.Hamilton - Environmental Situation in Central and Eastern Europe: Priorities for Solution on Example of Czechoslovakia; J.Stoklasa - PART 4: POLITICAL POLICY - Electoral Systems in Greece; P.E.Dimitras - Variation in the Evolution of the Yugoslav Communist Parties; J.Seroka - Political Alienation in the Soviet Union; A.Miller - The Autonomy of Elites and Transitions from Non-Democratic Regimes: The Case of the Soviet Union and Poland; E.Etzioni-Halevy - Armed Forces, Political Change, and Pluralism in East Central Europe; A.Korbonski - Index