Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine

Captured by the Past

  • Book
  • © 2000

Overview

Authors:
  1. Hans Zon

    1. Central and Eastern European Studies, University of Sunderland, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Transition (SET)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 1-7

  3. Independence: Euphoria and Disillusionment

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 8-22

  4. Politics, State and Bureaucracy

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 23-48

  5. Economic Reform

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 49-73

  6. Structural Change in the Economy I: Sectoral Analysis

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 74-99

  7. Structural Change in the Economy II: The Micro-level

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 100-109

  8. Opening Towards the World Economy?

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 110-135

  9. Regional Economies

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 136-148

  10. Social Change: Economic Implications

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 149-168

  11. Path Dependency and Development Prospects

    • Hans van Zon
    Pages 169-192

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 193-236
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added economic activities. These parasitic mechanisms already developed under Soviet rule ('beating the system' by redistributing goods and services while disregarding formal rules) became a widespread practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Central and Eastern European Studies, University of Sunderland, UK

    Hans Zon

About the author

HANS VAN ZON is Professor of Central and Eastern European Studies in the University of Sunderland. Among others he has worked as an advisor and research coordinator for the Commission of the European Union in Brussels and has been attached to the University of Amsterdam. His publications include Alternative Scenarios for Central Europe (1994), and The Future of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe (1996).

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation