Ten Years of Turmoil -- Economic and Social Transition and Ideological Changes in Eastern European Countries

Author: Jin Yan / Qin Hui
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Systematically introduces the economic and social transformation and ideological changes in the Eastern Bloc countries. After maintaining 20 years of high-speed growth, China's economy is entering its third decade, and at this time, the experiences and lessons of the Eastern Bloc countries are particularly worth our attention. They once had the same system as us, and our reforms were also inspired by the early reforms in Eastern Europe. However, how the Eastern Bloc countries fared during their transition period remains little systematically introduced domestically. The authors, who have long been engaged in Eastern Bloc studies, argue that the widespread economic recession during the transition period of the Eastern Bloc countries is a fact, and the issue lies in how to understand and explain this phenomenon. Based on an empirical analysis of the different models of China and Eastern Europe's economy and society before reform, this book recompares and reinterprets the different processes of reform in China and Eastern Europe.