Post-Socialist Political Economy: Selected Essays [Hardcover]

James M. Buchanan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997 | ISBN-10: 185898534X | ISBN-13: 978-1858985343

This work presents a critical assessment of the political and social order in the post-revolutionary decade of the 1990s in both the transitional economies and Western welfare states confronting fiscal crises. The author analyzes the role of economists in the new socio-political environment.

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Review

'...excellent collection of essays...Buchanan has written an important book that will spark debates over the direction of postcommunist transitions for years to come.' -- Beverly Crawford and Nick Biziouras, Slavic Review, Winter 1999

. . . this is a thought-provoking book written by one of the most eminent economists of our time on a subject that follows from some of the most momentous events of this century. . . . a book that pays reading. -- Vani Borooah, The Economic Journal

About the Author

Advisory General Director, Center for Study of Public Choice and Harris University Professor of Economics, George Mason University, Virginia, US. Recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185898534X
• ISBN-13: 978-1858985343
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,967,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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