This book examines how post-communist Eastern Europe's transition to market economies transformed science through funding cuts and peer review systems, providing first-hand accounts and analysis of these reforms' impact on scientific autonomy and resource allocation.
This study honors the life and work of Brazilian essayist, thinker, and diplomat José G. Merquior, who died prematurely in 1991.
This book addresses the crucial question of how countries which have suffered losses in productivity levels and innovatory momentum over perhaps twenty-thirty years can rediscover their dynamism.
This book attempts to assess the trends in social and labour market policy in Ukraine and to help to identify the priorities to follow in the restructuring of the Ukrainian economy and the reform of social policy.
Examines how minimum wages have fallen well below poverty levels, effectively ceasing to provide protection, and recommends a series of reforms to address this critical development and its implications for affected populations.
The studies in this two-volume work shed new light on the range and viability of the emerging corporate governance institutions in the transitional economies of Central Europe.
The studies in this two-volume work shed new light on the range and viability of the emerging corporate governance institutions in the transitional economies of Central Europe
Analyzes Russia's first multiparty election in over 75 years in December 1993, which was intended to establish a new democratic political order but instead... Læs mere
This book examines how the International Labour Office helped... Læs mere
The authors of this treatise attempt to provide a deeper understanding of the economic and political transformations now taking place in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Proposes a mass privatization model illustrated through Poland's example, involving free share distribution to employees and consumers with... Læs mere
Presents comparative research on privatization processes in five former Soviet republics, conducted by teams of both regional and... Læs mere