Includes bibliographical references (p. 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".
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