Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and
Central Asia
by Martin Myant and Jan Drahokoupil

http://www.wiley.com/college/myant

Inspection copies available.
eTextbook version available.


Transition Economies  provides students with an up-to-date and highly
comprehensive analysis of the economic transformation in former
communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe and countries of the
former Soviet Union. With coverage extending from the end of central
planning to the capitalist varieties of the present, this text
provides a comparative analysis of economic transformation and
political-economic diversity that has emerged as a direct result. It
covers differences between countries in terms of economic performance
and integration into the world economy. Transition Economies  seeks to
explain and deepen understanding of these differences, chart the
emerging forms of capitalism there, and provide country responses to
the world financial crisis of 2008-2009.

Hallmark Feature
    * Presents a thorough analysis of the economic and political
transformations in former communist countries of Eastern and Central
Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union.
    * Provides a comparative analysis of economic transformation and
emerging political-economic diversity.
    * Identifies and explains differences between groupings of
countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and on the
various forms of capitalism emerging in these countries.
    * Explicates these economies’ responses to the world financial
crisis of 2008-2009.

Praise for Transition Economies

“The book’s strongest feature lies in its political economy approach
to transformation in the countries of Central East Europe and the
former USSR… Given the highly up-to-date information and statistics
that this book provides, I find it to be an equally useful resource
for researchers, graduate students and libraries.”

—Anca M. Voicu, Rollins College


“The authors have managed to include the entire, very diverse region
of Eastern Europe and the CIS in their analysis. They have done it by
using pre-defined categories, but also coming up with their own way of
classifying and ranking these countries… The timeliness of their
analysis, attempting to classify the transition economies also in
terms of how they are coping with the [2008-09 financial] crisis,
gives the book extra value.”

—Carolyn Ann Kadas, University of Bologna


“The text… combines theory-led reasoning with empirical data in an
excellent way. The authors highlight the limits of the Varieties of
Capitalism approach in explaining the development trajectories in
Eastern Europe and the CIS countries and provide convincing
alternative explanations. Their critique of the Washington Consensus
policies is well argued and supported by empirical data.”

—Joachim Becker, University of Vienna


“The clarity and good organization of the chapters, as well as the
simplicity and clearness of the language and analysis make this book
attractive both to the lecturer and his/her audience…. I was most
impressed with the coverage of topics; this is exactly the set of
material that I teach and that would most definitely be unique and a
great contribution... I think this would be an excellent text for my
class.”

—Mitchell Orenstein, Johns Hopkins University


“Instead of focusing on the 1990s where most of transition took place
intensively, the authors take a much longer horizon by linking the
transition experience in the 1990s with the most recent developments
such as the world financial crisis of 2008. In doing so, the authors
provide a highly updated text on economic transition.”

—Julan Du, City University of Hong Kong