Austerities and aspirations : a comparative history of growth, consumption, and quality of life in East Central Europe since 1945 /

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"This monograph updates existing scholarship on the economic performance of Czechoslovakia (and its successor states), Hungary, and Poland since 1945, in contrast with Western Europe. For this longitudinal comparative exercise, the author goes beyond the traditional growth paradigm and analyzes...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomka, Béla (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2020.
Temas:
Since 1900
Economic development > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Quality of life > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Post-communism > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Développement économique > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Qualité de la vie > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Postcommunisme > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Post-communism.
Quality of life.
Europe, Eastern > Economic conditions > 1945-
Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1945-
Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Europe de l'Est > Conditions économiques > 1945-
Europe de l'Est > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-
Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Eastern Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Front matter
  • Title page
  • copyright page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • 1 Introduction: Comparisons and the Triple Approach to Well-Being
  • 1.1 Economic Growth, Consumption, and Quality of Life in Comparative Research
  • 1.2 The Aims and Scope of Research
  • 1.3 Methods and Sources
  • 1.4 The Structure of the Volume
  • 2 Economic Growth: Catching Up and Falling Behind
  • 2.1 Measuring Economic Output
  • 2.2 Trends and Stages of Growth in Western Europe
  • 2.3 Trajectories of Growth in East Central Europe
  • 3 Consumption: Structures, Practices, and Policies
  • 3.1 Changing Consumption Patterns in Western Europe
  • 3.2 Consumption in Communist East Central Europe
  • 4 Quality of Life: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Well-Being
  • 4.1 Conceptual and Methodological Issues
  • 4.2 Trajectories of Well-Being in Western Europe
  • 4.3 The Quality of Life in East Central Europe
  • 5 Determinants of Change: Accounting for Growth and Beyond
  • 5.1 Factors of Economic Growth
  • 5.2 Determinants of the Quality of Life
  • 5.3 Causes of Convergence and Divergence
  • 6 Passages to the New Millennium: The Evolving Order of Divisions
  • 6.1 Economic Growth in Western Europe at the Turn of the Millennium: Changes in the Quality of Life
  • 6.2 East Central Europe after the Regime Change: Economic Transformation, Consumer Aspirations, and the Pursuit of Well-Being
  • 7 Conclusions: Lessons of the Triple Approach
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back cover

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