Social and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe: Institutions, Property Relations and Social Interests (Studies of Communism in Transition series) - Hardcover

Cox, Terry; Mason, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858984270 ISBN 13: 9781858984278

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Cox (sociology, U. of Strathclyde) and Mason (human resource management, U. of Ulster) focus not only on economic and political transformation since the end of communism in the region, but also on the relationships between economic organization, social patterns, and institutional change. The examine social relations in the old regimes to understand how changes in political structure and policies of economic reform have generated changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations. Their case studies are from the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Reader in Sociology, Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, UK

Review:

...a thorough and insightful account of changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations.... -- - Elena Iankova, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January 2002

The book can be recommended to students as a complementary text which would lead them to think in a disciplined theoretical manner about the transition. -- – Ludek Rychetnik, Europe–Asia Studies

a valuable empirical addition to the historical-institutionalist perspective in analyzing post-communist transformation. -- - Elena Iankova, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1858984270
• ISBN 13: 9781858984278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256