Machine generated contents note: Foreword IntroductionGrowth and Structural Features of Transition: Theoretical Framework and General OverviewGovernance, Institutions and Growth: Empirical Lessons from the Post-Communist TransitionHuman capital and social capital as interacting factors of...

This monograph is about an exciting episode in the intellectual history of Europe: the vigorous debate among leading Polish historians on the sources of the economic development and non-development, including the origins of economic divisions within Europe. The work covers nearly fifty years of...

"In the last three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there is a vast amount of study looking at transforming the planned economy to a market economy from both theoretical and empirical aspects. This book provides an overview and insight into transition economies in the recent decades...

The integration of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe into the EU is one of the success stories of European development. The region has seen significant economic convergence, dramatic changes in socio-economic indicators and improvements in the natural environment. However, some...

Introduction // Renato Boschi and Carlos Henrique Santana -- Development, macroeconomic policies, and varieties of capitalism -- Postsocialist states in the system of global capitalism : a comparative perspective / David Lane -- Politics, institutions, and development : lessons from Latin...

Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Main Matter -- Introduction - Renato Boschi and Carlos Henrique Santana -- Understanding Trajectories -- Chapters -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part I DEVELOPMENT, MACROECONOMIC...