The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments

The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments Book Description

In the time span of a two-term US presidency, Poland went from an authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a market economy with one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe. A central feature of these economic and political reforms is a high rate of entry of new, domestically owned firms. This book uses detailed economic and political data to examine how these new firms contributed to the Polish transition. The authors test propositions about why some regions have more new firms than others and how the success of these new firms contributed to political constituencies that supported economically liberal parties. The book concludes by contrasting the Polish with the experiences of other transitional countries.

John E Jackson has contributed to The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments as an author. John Jackson was formerly Head of the Pomology Department and Deputy Director at the East Malling Research Station, UK and Officer-in-Charge at the Horticultural Research Centre, Marondera, Zimbabwe.

Jacek Klich has contributed to The Political Economy of Poland's Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments as an author. Jacek Klich is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics and Management, Jagiellonian University. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Jagiellonian University and a PhD in Economics from Krakow University of Economics. He is a recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Fellowship and the ROTARY International Scholarship. He is co-editor of Managing Health Services in Poland (Jagiellonian University Press, 2000) and Privatisation and Restructurisation in East-Central Europe (Platan, 1993).

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