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- Accidental Occidental: Economics and Culture of Transition in Mitteleuropa, the Baltic and the Balkan Area
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Central European University Press
summary
Besides providing a historical record of the long road from the economic agenda of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution to the present transition from communism, this book can be considered a staunch defense of market capitalism and liberal democracy. Any celebration of the current transition in Eastern Europe necessarily affirms the superiority of a market system over a non-market one and of a democratic system over a non-democratic one.
The author does not deny the failures, shortcomings or imperfections of market economy and democracy. Nor does he take the survival of market capitalism and liberal democracy for granted. On the contrary, by highlighting the valiant and painful process of transition and attempting to understand its economics and culture, he seeks to contribute to the theoretical (academic) and practical (political) defense of Western civilization.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. 4
- Copyright Page
- pp. 5-7
- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- 3. Transition for the Twenty-First Century
- pp. 167-176
- References
- pp. 177-188
- Back cover
- p. 206
Additional Information
ISBN
9786155225369
Related ISBN(s)
9786155225246
MARC Record
OCLC
831679974
Pages
204
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No