Ukrainian Political Economy
Subtitle: The First Ten Years
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780312210342
Subjects: Colonization & independence; Political economy; Political science & theory; c 1990 to c 2000; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Ukraine; Government - Comparative; International - General; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; 1991-; Economic Conditions; Economic policy
First sentence: In the wake of the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine's strategic significance has became of particular interest to policy makers and scholars in western countries.
Description: "This book explores the intersection of political cronyism with faulty and counterproductive national economic policies. Drawing on theoretical literatures on budget, tax, and monetary reform, Kravchuk analyzes the development and implementation of public policies oriented toward political rather than economic concerns, often drawn up in haste, and poorly designed and implemented.

The failures and struggles of Ukrainian economic development shed important light on the difficulties of the transition from socialism."--BOOK JACKET.