Present at the Transition Havrylyshyn Paperback Cambridge University Press

Present at the TransitionAn Inside Look at the Role of History, Politics, and Personalities in Post-Communist Countries\nAuthor(s): Oleh Havrylyshyn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108451710, 978-1108451710\nSynopsis\nNearly thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, debates over paths to market liberalization have produced numerous studies across the social sciences. This groundbreaking work from Oleh Havrylyshyn offers a new perspective. Havrylyshyn, a former official in the post-independence Ukrainian government, provides a unique, primary source account of the people and problems at the heart of economic transitions. Grounded in three decades of data, along with experiential research gleaned from nearly thirty countries, this book contains the most up-to-date assessment of economic transitions in post-communist regions. It critically examines questions of gradual versus radical refo.