The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) - Hardcover

Jackson, John E.; Klich, Jacek; Poznanska, Krystyna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521838959 ISBN 13: 9780521838955

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

In the time span of a two-term US presidency, Poland went from an authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a market economy with one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe. A central feature of these economic and political reforms is a high rate of entry of new, domestically owned firms. This book uses detailed economic and political data to examine how these new firms contributed to the Polish transition. The authors test propositions about why some regions have more new firms than others and how the success of these new firms contributed to political constituencies that supported economically liberal parties. The book concludes by contrasting the Polish with the experiences of other transitional countries.

About this title

Book Description:

How did Poland go from an authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a market economy? This book explains these successes by the high rate of creation and growth of new, domestically owned firms between 1990 and 1997.

About the Author:

Krystyna Poznanska is Associate Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. She received her PhDs in Economics and Habilitation from the Warsaw School of Economics. She is the author of Research and Development Sphere of Enterprises (Warsaw School of Economics, 2001) and Source of Competitive Advantage of Enterprises (Warsaw School of Economics, 2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521838959
• ISBN 13: 9780521838955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296