The Polish economy

Titel: The Polish economy : crisis, reform, and transformation / Ben Slay
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Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ : Princeton Univ. Press, 1994
Umfang: XVI, 229 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0691036160
Lokale Klassifikation: 32 13 N ; 32 13 Nd ; 32 13 B
  • List of Tables
  • List of Acronyms
  • A Chronology of the Transition, 1989-1993
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • p. 3
  • Ch. I
  • The Polish Crisis and Polish Socialism
  • p. 9
  • The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Partitions
  • p. 9
  • The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic
  • p. 14
  • The Establishment of Socialism
  • p. 21
  • Stalinism and the Polish October
  • p. 27
  • From October to December: The Gomulka Years
  • p. 31
  • Gierek's "New Development Strategy" and the WOG Reform
  • p. 36
  • The Collapse of the New Development Strategy
  • p. 43
  • The Democratic Opposition and the Birth of Solidarity
  • p. 46
  • Ch. II
  • Crisis and Reform in the 1980s
  • p. 50
  • Martial Law and the "First Stage" of Economic Reform
  • p. 50
  • The "Second Stage" of Economic Reform: 1986-1988
  • p. 65
  • Political Reform during the Second Stage
  • p. 70
  • The Roundtable Agreements
  • p. 72
  • The Private Sector in the 1980s
  • p. 75
  • Economic Performance in the 1980s
  • p. 79
  • The Legacies of the Reforms of the 1980s
  • p. 85
  • Ch. III
  • Crisis and Economic Transformation, 1990-1992
  • p. 86
  • The Origins of the Balcerowicz Plan
  • p. 89
  • The Balcerowicz Plan in 1990
  • p. 91
  • The Balcerowicz Plan in 1991
  • p. 98
  • Privatization in Poland 1990-1992
  • p. 102
  • Between "Breakthrough" and "Continuity" in 1992
  • p. 111
  • The Politics of the Economic Transition, 1989-1993
  • p. 120
  • Is the Polish Crisis Over?
  • p. 132
  • Ch. IV
  • Transformations in Key Markets and Sectors
  • p. 138
  • Industry
  • p. 138
  • Agriculture
  • p. 144
  • Banking, Capital, and Financial Markets
  • p. 149
  • Labor Markets and Social Policy
  • p. 156
  • External Economic Relations
  • p. 166
  • Ch. V
  • The Lessons of the Polish Transition
  • p. 176
  • How Does Poland Compare?
  • p. 176
  • Lessons of the Polish Experience
  • p. 178
  • Notes
  • p. 189
  • Bibliography
  • p. 207
  • Index
  • p. 227