The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine
ISBN:
978-0-333-78301-6
Auflage:
2000
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.11.2000
Reihe:
Studies in Economic Transition
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
236
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The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added economic activities. These parasitic mechanisms already developed under Soviet rule ('beating the system' by redistributing goods and services while disregarding formal rules) became a widespread practice.
Biografische Anmerkung
HANS VAN ZON is Professor of Central and Eastern European Studies in the University of Sunderland. Among others he has worked as an advisor and research coordinator for the Commission of the European Union in Brussels and has been attached to the University of Amsterdam. His publications include Alternative Scenarios for Central Europe (1994), and The Future of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe (1996).
