Eastern European Development and Public Policy (Policy Studies Organization Series)

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. This book analyses various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in Eastern Europe directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within Eastern Europe and also from Eastern Europe research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmental decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering. Specific sets of chapters include one dealing with economic policy, emphasizing the transition to a market economy in Russia and Eastern Europe. Social policy chapters include migration patterns, ethnic conflict, educational change, and other aspects of social policy in post-socialist societies. The technology policy section emphasizes environmental policy in Russia and Eastern Europe. The chapters on political policy include electoral systems, political parties, political alienation, the transition from non-democratic regimes, and the role of the armed forces. The countries examined include Greece, the former Yugoslavia, Russia, Poland, and Easter Europe in general Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Urban Cleavages in the Emerging Democracies of Eastern Europe....Pages 3-16 The Non-Profit Sector and the Restructuring of the Economy and Society in Hungary....Pages 17-31 Capitalism’s Young Pioneers....Pages 32-38 Recession and Growth during Transition to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe....Pages 39-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Judicial Change in Yugoslavia: The Rise of Ethno-Political Justice....Pages 51-76 Elite Perspectives on Political, Communications and Educational Changes in Eastern Europe....Pages 77-104 Social Policy in a Post-Socialist Vacuum....Pages 105-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Will Pollution Kill the Revolution?....Pages 121-130 Environmental Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: The Possible Role of International Policy and Market-Oriented Instruments....Pages 131-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Electoral Systems in Greece....Pages 143-175 Variation in the Evolution of the Yugoslav Communist Parties....Pages 176-196 Political Alienation in the Soviet Union....Pages 197-230 Policy Agenda for the New Post-Communist States....Pages 231-239 Back Matter....Pages 241-244 Edited By Stuart S. Nagel And Vladimir Rukavishnikov. Contains Papers Presented At A Conference Held In Moscow On Dec. 1991 In Addition To Papers Based On Presentations Made At The 1991 Tri-annual Meeting Of The International Political Science Association. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This text analyzes various aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social and political policy in Eastern Europe directed toward achieving more effective, efficient and equitable societal institutions. It combines practical policy significance with prescriptive generalizations.