LEADER 03478cam a22004934a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20220216153612.0 006 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 ta 008 001211s2001 miua b 001 0 eng 010 00012902 020 0472097466 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 047206746X (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dLDC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 eng 042 pcc 043 e-pl---e-xr---e-cs--- 050 00 HC340.3 |b.O73 2001 082 00 338.947 |221 100 1 Orenstein, Mitchell A. |q(Mitchell Alexander) 245 10 Out of the red : |bbuilding capitalism and democracy in postcommunist Europe / |cMitchell A. Orenstein. 260 Ann Arbor, Mich. : |bUniversity of Michigan Press, |cc2001. 300 xiv, 166 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 440 0 Development and inequality in the market economy 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-160) and index. 505 0 Strategies for transformation -- Poland's shock therapy and beyond -- Czech social liberalism and beyond -- Privatization -- Democratic policy alternation. 520 After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of East-Central Europe embarked on a journey to transform themselves into democratic capitalist societies. Their governments searched for strategies that would allow them to pursue radical market reforms within the context of nascent democratic politics. Poland adopted a neoliberal strategy that attempted to push through as much reform as possible before an antireform backlash could occur. In the Czech Republic, a social liberal strategy for transformation attempted to combine neoliberal macro-economic policies with social democratic measures designed to avert such a backlash. A detailed analysis of Poland and the Czech Republic suggests that alternation between strategies has been the secret to the success of East-Central European countries. This comparative case analysis identifies the significance of reform mistakes during transition and the corrective benefits of policy alternation, its claims illustrated with an in-depth study of privatization policy in the two countries. Mitchell A. Orenstein delves into the historic struggle to build capitalism and democracy during a decade of post-communist transition in East-Central Europe and develops a model that explains why democratic policy alternation may accelerate policy learning under conditions of uncertainty and constraint--from the publisher 650 0 Post-communism |zPoland. 650 0 Post-communism |zCzech Republic. 650 0 Post-communism |zCzechoslovakia. 651 0 Poland |xEconomic policy |y1990- 651 0 Czech Republic |xEconomic policy. 651 0 Czechoslovakia |xEconomic policy |y1945-1992. 651 0 Poland |xPolitics and government |y1989- 651 0 Czech Republic |xPolitics and government |y1993- 651 0 Czechoslovakia |xPolitics and government |y1945-1992. 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/umich051/00012902.html 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6338_947000000000000_ORE |70 |8GEN |9156068OSA |bOSA |d2022-02-16 |eOSA |l0 |o338.947 ORE |r2022-02-16 |w2022-02-16 |yBK |zDonation of the Department of Political Science, CEU |cOSA Repository 920 01 KYQpLRXg 992 01 338_947000000000000_ORE |bWWR_QVSZZZZZZZZZZZZ_B8L 966 |cIn the Research Room