reconstruction of state-society relations by focusing on organized labor's response to privatization of the public sector during the … first decade of reforms. Compares Poland, Egypt, Mexico and the Czech Republic" - Provided by publisher … reconstruction of state-society relations by focusing on organized labor's response to privatization of the public sector during the …

policy towards a more active role of the state, and use privatization policy as an example. The authors examine the effects … of the privatization policy and point to a large unfinished agenda in ownership transformation that has had an adverse … the pace of privatization. They find out that it is the increasing capture of the state by rent-seeking groups, and not …

Contrary to expectations and announcements of policy makers in transition economies, privatization has taken longer … privatization and thus transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. Part I describes the command economy legacy … presents preliminary results from Poland's privatization experience. Part III identifies the anticipated and unanticipated …

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the role of the Mass Privatization Programme (MPP) in Poland, as a vehicle …, as a novel way of effective privatization of firms involved coupled with their overhaul and in-depth restructuring …. Unlike similar mass privatization schemes in other transition economies (e.g. Russia, Czech Republic or Slovakia) the Polish …