| Description |
xv, 299 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index. |
| Contents |
The economic factors in the collapse of state socialism and the new international environment, 1973-1989 -- Radical transformation and policy mistakes: dramatic economic decline in the early 1990s -- Toward better times: the European Union and its policy of eastward enlargement -- Recuperation and growth: the role of foreign direct investment -- Economic restructuring: transforming main sectors, economic recovery, growth, and weaknesses -- Transformation and social shock -- Lasting changes in the structure of income, employment, welfare institutions, education, and settlement -- Epilogue: the future of catching up in the European "melting pot". |
| Subject |
Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
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Eastern Europe. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1989- |
| Subject |
European Union -- Europe, Eastern.
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European Union. |
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Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1989.
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| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| ISBN |
9780521729505 paperback |
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9780521493659 hardback |
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052149365X hardback |
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0521729505 paperback |
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