Parties, power and policy-making: from higher education to multinationals in post-communist societies

"This book explains the conditions under which political parties in government were able to influence economic growth in post-communist European countries. It highlights higher education and international investment as the two essentially related areas that have been steered by governments. The...

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Main Author: Tarlea, Silvana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2019
Series:Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies
Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"This book explains the conditions under which political parties in government were able to influence economic growth in post-communist European countries. It highlights higher education and international investment as the two essentially related areas that have been steered by governments. The book illustrates how these countries have become reliant on multinational companies (MNCs), given their governments' strategy to attract foreign capital, how political and economic factors are intertwined and how political parties in power can have a strong influence on the growth prospects of these economies. Furthermore, it illuminates the extent to which political parties use their space for manoeuvres when enacting policies and how they respond to their constituencies when doing so. It shows how structural conditions such as the dependence on MNCs influence policies, and how this pattern varies across Central and Eastern Europe. The book brings political parties back into the discussion on political economy and back into the analyses of welfare politics, varieties of capitalism, and democratic capitalism. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative politics and comparative political economy, European policy-making, Central and Eastern Europe, trade, welfare and development, and higher education"--
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Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781351693530
1351693530
9781351693523
1351693522
9781351693516
1351693514
9781315170992
131517099X

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