Nations in Transit - 2001-2002

Name: Nations in Transit - 2001-2002
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Nations in Transit - 2001-2002Civil Society, Democracy and Markets in East Central Europe and Newly Independent States\nAuthor(s): Alexander Motyl\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138528680, 978-1138528680\nSynopsis\nHow are democracy and market reforms faring in East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union? Is civil society expanding or shrinking? Are the media free or fettered by official constraints? To what degree are nations governed by the rule of law? Are human rights respected? Do taxation and trade policies, property rights reforms, banking laws, privatization, and macroeconomic policies encourage or encumber private sector development and economic growth?\n\nIn Nations in Transit [tel], Freedom House asked leading regional specialists and in-house experts to answer a checklist of more than 70 indicators for 27 post-Communist countries in ten key areas: political process, civil society, independent me.