This thought-provoking book considers the global challenges and challengers to the economic supremacy of the West. Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences...

Alternative strategies of economic development have received little attention in the literature. Academics rarely compare certain strategic features or assess the performance of different strategies in terms of outcomes. This book seeks to address that gap and to provide a theoretical background...

Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that are not only economic but also socio-psychological and,...

This article looks at the BRIC countries with the understanding that countries not only grow, but also undergo structural change. Industrialisation first and the shift from industry to human capital intensive-services economy later. Moreover, it is stressed that the latter transformation...

This article looks at the prospects of two emerging economic powers, Russia and China, to become major players in the world economy. The main economic thesis formulated by the author is that economies not only grow, but also undergo structural change. And to successfully accomplish second...

Although the extraordinary popularity of privatization in Eastern Europe evokes familiar images in the Western economies, in a number of respects the process in our region will be less similar to the "classic" Western model than to the experience of some underdeveloped countries. East European...