Reforming the state
Subtitle: fiscal and welfare reform in post-socialist countries
By: edited by János Kornai, Stephan Haggard, Robert Kaufman
Contributors: Kornai, János; Haggard, Stephan; Kaufman, Robert R
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- Social policy; Russia (Federation) -- Social policy; Hungary -- Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Preface / János Kornai; title: Introduction / Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman; title: The politics of labor-market adjustment: the case of Russia / Vladimir Gimpelson; title: Creating effective tax administrations: the experience of Russia and Georgia / Vito Tanzi; title: Politics, institutions, and macroeconomic adjustment: Hungarian fiscal policy making in comparative perspective / Stephan Haggard, Robert R. Kaufman and Matthew S. Shugart; title: Brothers-in-arms or rivals in politics?: top politicians and top policy makers in the Hungarian transformation / Béla Greskovits; title: Lessons from Sweden for post-socialist countries / Assar Lindbeck; title: The borderline between the spheres of authority of the citizen and the state: recommendations for the Hungarian health reform / János Kornai; title: Security through diversity: conditions for successful reform of the pension system in Poland / Jerzy Hausner; title: The politics of pension and health-care reforms in Hungary and Poland / Joan M Nelson