Challenges stemming from the Charter of Fundamental Rights for the Economic Transformation Process in the Candidate Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

2000 ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Jenö Czuczai
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights

Dilemma of Simultaneity

2019 ◽  
pp. 471-479
Author(s):  
Ilyas Saliba ◽  
Wolfgang Merkel
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Transformation Processes

The theory of the dilemma of simultaneity is empirically based on the transformations of post-socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The transformations after the collapse of the socialist bloc were without precedent with regards to breadth and depth. The dilemma of simultaneity consists of three parallel transition processes on three dimensions. The first part of this chapter explores the three dimensions of the transitions: nation building, political transformation, and economic transformation. The second part discusses the three levels of transformation: (1) ethno-national identity and territory, (2) polity, and (3) socio-economic distribution. The third part highlights the complexity and challenges of multidimensional simultaneous transformation processes. The fourth and fifth parts discuss the role of international actors and socio-economic structures on the transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. The chapter concludes with an account of Elster’s and Offe’s critics and their response.

scholarly journals Competitive Rent-Seeking, Socioeconomic Infrastructures, and Post-Communist Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950005
Author(s):  
Jia Chen ◽  
Ge Xin
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Economic Liberalization ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
Market Interaction ◽  
Regime Types

The political and economic transformation of former Soviet Bloc Europe has been far-reaching in the last 30 years. Although most former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe abandoned the Communist ancien régime, not all of them managed to fully integrate liberal democracy and market economy into society. Some scholars explained this divergence in development through the dichotomous regime types. From the perspective of what propels the retreat of political power from market and with the theory of competitive rent-seeking, we demonstrate that the retreating logic is underlain by the competition between rent-seekers. A competitive rent-seeking regime dissipates the rent through distorting market mechanism and dampens both political authority and rent-seeker’s enthusiasm, providing a better prospect for economic liberalization. Through a comparative case study of transitional experiences of Hungary and Belarus, we find that countries with pre-existing socioeconomic infrastructures that facilitate the formation of competitive rent-seeking regime are more successful in economic liberalization. We suggest that the academic interest previously paid to dichotomous regime-type argument should be diverted into a deeper inquiry of the evolution of socioeconomic institutions that shape the state–market interaction.

scholarly journals TERRITORIAL DIFFERENCES IN TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita ILIEVA
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Common Parameter ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Integral Indicator

The transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, are subject of many investigations in the last two decades. Up to now there is no geographical survey on the territorial differences and their course in Bulgaria. The aim of this investigation is to study these differences in the transformation process in Bulgaria by 28 administrative districts (NUTS3). On the basis of analyses and comparisons of GDP per capita in different units (an indicator, accepted by specialists as the most common parameter) and the calculated values of integral indicator (reflecting the influence of 15 interlocked factors), the existing significant differences in the achieved level of transformation in the country are shown. At this stage there is no sufficient research to determine the threshold value of the integral indicator and to say with certainty that the territorial units, having values above it, are winners from the transformation process, and those with values below it, are losers.

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