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The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added economic activities. These parasitic mechanisms already developed under Soviet rule ('beating the system' by redistributing goods and services while disregarding formal rules) became a widespread practice.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
HANS VAN ZON is Professor of Central and Eastern European Studies in the University of Sunderland. Among others he has worked as an advisor and research coordinator for the Commission of the European Union in Brussels and has been attached to the University of Amsterdam. His publications include Alternative Scenarios for Central Europe (1994), and The Future of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe (1996).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine
Book Subtitle: Captured by the Past
Authors: Hans Zon
Series Title: Studies in Economic Transition
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333978023
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-78301-6Published: 30 November 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41844-2Published: 01 January 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-97802-3Published: 30 November 2000
Series ISSN: 2662-6675
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6683
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 236
Topics: International Economics, International Political Economy, Political Economy/Economic Systems