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This open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to mo...
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oapen-20.500.12657-767362023-10-14T02:46:01Z Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition Günther, Jutta Jajeśniak-Quast, Dagmara Ludwig, Udo Wagener, Hans-Jürgen Post-socialist transformations Socialist elites Transfer of knowledge Entrepreneurial talent Radical institutional change Economic modernization Structural change and innovation Technological progress Macroeconomic transformation bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics This open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is given the role of technological progress in economic growth, peculiar institutions, the creation and transfer of knowledge, and post-socialist transformations. The book presents a detailed analysis of the barriers to modernization and growth implied by Soviet-type state socialism and the differences and similarities between the transition of East Germany and Poland to capitalist market economies. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in comparative systems and the political economy. 2023-10-13T15:43:56Z 2023-10-13T15:43:56Z 2024 book ONIX_20231013_9783031370502_24 9783031370502 9783031370496 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76736 eng Studies in Economic Transition application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-37050-2.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-37050-2 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-37050-2 10.1007/978-3-031-37050-2 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 234ceb12-4182-4fe4-96f0-8ae4aab082fe 9783031370502 9783031370496 Palgrave Macmillan 331 Cham [...] Universität Bremen University of Bremen open access |
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This open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is given the role of technological progress in economic growth, peculiar institutions, the creation and transfer of knowledge, and post-socialist transformations. The book presents a detailed analysis of the barriers to modernization and growth implied by Soviet-type state socialism and the differences and similarities between the transition of East Germany and Poland to capitalist market economies. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in comparative systems and the political economy. |
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