Index - Transitions: the Eastern Europe experience

TABLE OF CONTENTS
THANKS
INTRODUCTION
HOW THE COLLAPSE OF COMUNISM OCCURED

PART I: REFORMS AND PUBLIC POLICY

STAFF REFORMS
ECONOMIC REFORMS

STABILIZATION
SHOCK THERAPY
GRADUALISM
THE THIRD WAY
LIBERALIZATION
PRIVATIZATION
ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS

POLITICAL INSTITUTION REFORMS

THE SECRET POLICE
IN THEORY
IN PRACTICE
POLITICAL PARTIES
NEW PARLIAMENTS
ARMED FORCES
IN THEORY
IN PRACTICE
JUDICIAL POWER
SOCIAL REFORMS

THE ROLE OF THE WEST

PART II: RESULTS

GENERAL RESULTS
STAFF AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY
PARTIES AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY

CONTINUANCE
EVENTUAL DEFEAT
EVENTUAL VICTORY
THE REMAINS
AMALGAMATION

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

GENERAL RESULTS
STABILIZATION
LIBERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM
PRIVATIZATION
ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

THE SECRET POLICE
PARTIES AND PARLIAMENTS
PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS

SOCIAL WELFARE AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS

SOCIAL WELFARE
ETHNIC CONFLICTS

CULTURE AND OTHER CAUSES
THE ROLE OF THE WEST

PART III: LESSONS

STAFF
POLITICAL PARTIES
THE SECRET POLICE
BANKS
JUDICIAL POWER
STYLE OF RULING
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
LIBERALIZATION
PRIVATIZATION
GOVERNMENT AND COMPANIES
SOCIAL POLICY
TRANSPARENCY
FOREIGN POLICY
CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

“Do It Now!”, interview with Mart Laar on the transition in Estonia
Philip Dimitrov reflects on the transition in Bulgaria
Brief history of transitions by country (in alphabetical order)
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