The Political Economy of Dual Transformations: Market Reform and Democratization in Hungary

by David L. Bartlett

In the early 1990s, scholars voiced skepticism about the capacity of Eastern Europe's new democracies to manage simultaneous political and economic reform. They argued that the surge of popular participation following democratization would thwart efforts by successor governments to enact market reforms that imposed high costs on major elements of post-Communist society. David Bartlett challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the hazards of "dual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472107941
• ISBN13: 9780472107940
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"