From Socialism to Capitalism : Eight Essays /

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Eight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and the...

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Autor principal: Kornai, János
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Democratization.
Communism.
Capitalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Democratisation.
Communism > History.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The coherence of the classical system
  • Introduction
  • The main line of causality
  • The affinity among elements of the system
  • The prototype and the national variations
  • The Soviet effect
  • Verification
  • The viability of the classical system
  • The inner contradictions of reform socialism
  • Introduction
  • Transformation without a strategy
  • The evolution of a private sector
  • The persistence of bureaucracy
  • Alternative forms of social organization
  • The weakness of "third forms"
  • Normative implications
  • Market socialism: socialist market economy?
  • Introduction
  • Interpretation of the term "market"
  • Interpretation 1: Marx's concept
  • Interpretation 2: The Walrasian concept
  • Interpretation 3: The Leninist concept
  • Interpretation 4: The social democratic concept
  • Interpretation 5: What are the current Chinese and Vietnamese interpretations of "socialism"?
  • The speed of transformation
  • Introduction
  • Ownership reform and development of the private sector
  • Macroeconomic stability
  • Conclusion
  • The great transformation of Central Eastern Europe: success and disappointment
  • Introduction
  • In the context of world history
  • From the perspective of everyday life
  • The tasks of the economists' profession
  • What does "change of system" mean?
  • Introduction
  • Positive versus normative approach
  • A positive approach to the change of system
  • A positive approach to changing the political structure
  • The reception of capitalism and democracy: a normative approach
  • "Replacing the elite" and "dispensing justice": a normative approach
  • Concluding remarks
  • Appendix: The transformation of China
  • What can countries embarking on post-socialist transformation learn from the experiences so far?
  • Introduction
  • Starting points
  • Some lessons
  • Concluding remarks
  • Appendix
  • The system paradigm
  • Introduction
  • A system paradigm, not a transformational paradigm
  • A brief intellectual history
  • The main attributes of the system paradigm
  • Post-socialist transformation: the great challenge
  • Some other puzzles
  • Failures of prediction
  • Appendix: On segregation of the social science
  • References
  • Previous publications of the studies in this volume
  • Name index
  • Subject index.

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