Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction and Overview

   1. Introduction and Overview

      • Oleh Havrylyshyn

      Pages 1-11

3. Background: Transition Debates and Statistical Facts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Key Debates on Transition

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      Pages 15-46

   3. Measuring Progress in Transition

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      Pages 47-77

   4. Economic and Social Costs of Transition: A Hard Look at Soft Facts

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      Pages 78-120

4. An Ex Post Transition Paradigm: Uncharted Waters, Pirate Raids and Safe Havens

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      Pages 121-121

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   2. The SS Transition Navigation Model

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      Pages 123-150

   3. The Search for a Navigation Chart: Legitimate Debates, Vested Interests and Reformist Commitments

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      Pages 151-176

   4. From Rent-Seeking to Oligarchy to State Capture

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      Pages 177-202

   5. Safe Havens for Market Reforms: Membership in the EU and Other International Organizations

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      Pages 203-230

5. A Summing Up

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      Pages 231-231

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   2. Future Prospects for Captured States

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      Pages 233-254

   3. Diverse Outcomes: Liberal Societies, Captured States and Undetermined Polities

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      Pages 255-276

6. Back Matter

   Pages 277-314

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The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the successes and failures of 27 countries post-communism transformation. Looking at life after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the book examines and contrasts why some countries have virtually completed their transformation to a liberal polity and economy, while others lag behind.

• capitalism
• communism
• international organizations
• transformation

'Oleh Havrylyshyn has produced an outstanding and clear-sighted analytical overview of no less than 27 post-communist countries, essentially covering the former Soviet Bloc in Eurasia and Southeastern Europe... The book is an important contribution and one of the few that attempt to synthesize the voluminous academic literature on most countries and aspects of the transition... [Havrylyshyn] is refreshingly adept at debunking conventional wisdom, making straightforward observations not subdued by political correctness... Havrylyshyn's opus is one of the best books available on post-communist transition' - Anders Åslund, Eurasian Geography and Economics.

OLEH HAVRYLYSHYN is Deputy Director of HRD at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. USA.

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