Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 226 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
ISBN:
9781139381628
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Content:
Do ties between political parties and businesses harm or benefit the development of market institutions? The post-communist transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore when and how networks linking the polity and the economy support the development of func-tional institutions. A quantitative and qualitative analysis covering eleven post-socialist countries combined with detailed case studies of Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania documents how the most successful post-communist countries are those in which dense networks link polit-icians and businesspeople, as long as politicians are constrained by intense political competition. The comparison of original network data sets shows how this combination allowed Poland to emerge with stable institutions. Bulgaria, marred by weak institutions, corruption, and violence, cautions us that in developing economies intense political competition alone is harmful in the absence of dense personal and ownership networks. Indeed, as Romania illustrates, networks are so critical that their weakness is not mitigated even by low political competition.This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 1. Approaches to institution building; Part II. The Role of Networks: 2. When broad networks increase cooperation; 3. Tracing ownership networks; Part III. The Role of Uncertainty: 4. When uncertainty increases cooperation; 5. Tracing elite career networks; Part IV. Bringing It Together: 6. Institutional development in new democracies; 7. Conclusion: political varieties of capitalism in emerging markets
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107031340
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107031340
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Networks and institutions in Europe's emerging markets Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 9781107031340
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107031346
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139381628
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