EU Eastern Enlargement and the Russian Transformation Crisis

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Paperback, 153 blz. | Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg | 0e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9783642642999
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg 0e druk, 2011 9783642642999
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Europe's economic and political landscape is changing dramatically. The demise of the socialist CMEA and the USSR has allowed eastern European economies to open up and caused Russia/the CIS to engage in a series of difficult reforms which have been supported by the G-7 and the International Monetary Fund plus the World Bank on the one hand, and, on the other hand, by the EU and the EBRD. While some of the (early) Visegrad countries apparently were rather successful in their transition attempt, systemic transition approaches in other countries - Romania and Bulgaria - and, above all, in Russia largely were a failure. Economic hardship, social unrest, political radicalization and the international spreading of criminal activities can be identified as problems from the failure of Russia's first transition attempt. This book deals - from an international perspective - with the postsocialist countries in Europe, i. e. there is a focus on eastern enlargement and on Russia on the one hand, on the other hand the topic is which international influences and effects will emerge from EU enlargement and the Russian transition. While chapter A exclusively deals with major problems of eastern enlargement and the policy options for dealing with this difficult problem, chapter B is devoted to the Russian transformation crisis. There the analysis has a focus on Russia in its own right but also on the potential negative spillovers of a Russian transformation disaster which could occur in the late 1990s.

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ISBN13:9783642642999
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:153
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0

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Eastern EU Enlargement: Developments, Problems and Policy: Introduction.- The Community Facing the Start of the Euro.- Eastern Europe After the First Transition Stages.- Agenda 2000 and Institutional Challenges for Accession Countries.- Theory of Economic Integration and Application to Enlargement.- Normative Perspectives: Policy Challenges and Options for EU-15.- EU Eastern Enlargement and Russia.- The Russian Transformation Crisis: Origins, Analysis and New Policy Requirements: Introduction.- From Socialist Distortions to the Transformation Crisis.- Towards a Functional Institutional Framework.- Towards a New Transformation Strategy.- Devaluation, Sequencing and the Significance of Structural Aspects in Capital Flows.- Summary and Conclusions.- Appendix: Theory of Spatial Competition and Interdependency of Competition and Trade Liberalization.- Efficient External Liberalization in Russian Transformation: Introduction.- Traditional and New Approaches for External Liberalization.- Policy Conclusions for Russia.- Appendix: Towards a New Russian Transformation Strategy - Lessons from Failed Transition and Ingredients for Sustainable Reform.- The Role of International Organizations: International Crisis Management: The IMF`s Medicine for Asia and Russia.- Economic Stability Aspects.- New Issues in International Economic Relations: Liberalization of Telecommunication, Green Problems and Social Standards.- International Organization and Sustainable Globalization.- Appendix: Towards a WTO Facility.

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