A New Capitalist Order: Privatization & Ideology in Russia & Eastern EuropeUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, 12 dec 2004 - 248 pagina's After the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, more than a dozen countries undertook aggressive privatization programs. Proponents of economic reform championed such large-scale efforts as the fastest, most reliable way to make the transition from a state-run to a capitalist economy. The idea was widely embraced, and in the span of a few years, policymakers across the region repeatedly chose an approach that distributed vast amounts of state property to the private sector essentially for free-despite the absence of any historical precedent for such a radical concept. But privatization was not a panacea. It has, instead, become increasingly synonymous with collusion, corruption, and material deprivation. Why was privatization so popular in the first place, and what went wrong? In answering this question, Hillary Appel breaks with mainstream empirical studies of postcommunist privatization. By analyzing the design and development of programs in Russia, the Czech Republic, and across eastern Europe, Appel demonstrates how the transformation of property rights in these countries was first and foremost an ideologically driven process. Looking beyond simple economic calculations or pressure from the international community, she argues that privatization was part and parcel of the foundation of the postcommunist state. A New Capitalist Order reveals that privatization was designed and implemented by pro-market reformers not only to distribute gains and losses to powerful supporters, but also to advance a decidedly Western, liberal vision of the new postcommunist state. Moreover, specific ideologies-such as anticommunism, liberalism, or nationalism, to name but a few-profoundly influenced the legitimacy, the power, and even the material preferences of key economic actors and groups within the privatization process. |
Inhoudsopgave
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2 The International Dimension of PostCommunist Privatization | 22 |
3 The Origins and Design of Czech LargeScale Privatization | 39 |
4 The Origins and Design of Russian LargeScale Privatization | 71 |
5 The Beliefs of Leaders and the Content of Reform | 109 |
6 Power Interests and the Ideological Context | 127 |
7 The Ideological Foundations of Building Compliance | 157 |
Chapter 8 | 172 |
Notes | 181 |
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Back Cover | 250 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
A New Capitalist Order: Privatization & Ideology in Russia & Eastern Europe Hilary Appel Fragmentweergave - 2004 |
A Strategy for Development: Privatization & Ideology in Russia & Eastern Europe Nicholas Herbert Stern Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2002 |
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