Ethics and Economic Life in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-301
Author(s):  
Yolanta Babiuch ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Life

The Culture of Contentment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kenneth Galbraith
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Advantage ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
The Many

This book examines what it calls the political economy of contentment. It argues that the fortunate and the favored do not contemplate and respond to their own longer-run well-being. Rather, they respond to immediate comfort and contentment. In the so-called capitalist countries, the controlling contentment and resulting belief is now that of the many, not just of the few. It operates under the guise of democracy, albeit a democracy not of all citizens but of those who, in defense of their social and economic advantage, actually go to the polls. This chapter discusses how economic life undergoes a constant process of change, and, in consequence, the same action or event occurring at different times can lead to very different results. It considers some examples throughout history, such as the economic ideas of the Physiocrats in France, the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

Remaking the Polish Working Class: Early Stalinist Models of Labor and Leisure

Slavic Review ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padraic Kenney
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Class Conflict

The Stalinist revolution began to accelerate in Poland, as throughout eastern Europe, in 1947, with the implementation of multi-year plans, the repression of opposition and the enforcement of unity in the bloc; by the beginning of 1950, the transformation of the bloc was more or less complete. The construction of the Stalinist system did not occur in a vacuum but was shaped in part by societies, and the regimes which emerged were thus more complex than has been generally acknowledged. That complexity stems in part from Stalinist regimes’ interest in transforming society through mobilization and integration, rather than merely subduing it. Active participation in political and economic life was required; mere acquiescence to the demands of the regime was insufficient; and class conflict was to be eliminated, replaced by an alliance between the working class and its former adversaries.

scholarly journals The Position of Women in Economic Life: A Comparison between Transition Economies and Turkey

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuray Gökçek Karaca
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Commonwealth Of Independent States ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Independent States

In this study, the participation of women in economic life, in other words their position in economic activity in Turkey was examined in comparison with the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). To examine women’s participation in economic life in Turkey in comparison with transition economies, we benefited from the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which was developed by the UNDP the participation of women in economic activity in Turkey is low extremely. The factors that reduce the participation in the workforce by women in Turkey are traditional division of work, economic development, level of education, unpaid family work, informal employment, legal regulation, discrimination, work/non-work preferences. The participation of women in economic activity is also low in transition economies. But transition economies is not homogenous in terms of participation of women in economic activities. Results also indicate that, the participation of women in economic activity in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is higher than the participation of women in economic activity in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

scholarly journals Transition Engineering

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (10) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Donald J. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
International Firms ◽  
Trained Personnel ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Newly Independent States ◽  
Industry Experience

This article focuses on transition engineering that is in demand throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, where transition of economic life started more than a decade ago. The larger companies had access to consulting resources of international firms to guide them in meeting their new responsibilities. But the smaller firms—from a few employees to several thousand—did not have the money to buy such advice. USAID stepped in to help with a series of programs using volunteer advisors, coordinated by local offices in the newly independent states. In the former Soviet Union, USAID programs seek to fill the void created by a lack of experienced managers and sufficient sources of newly trained personnel, by providing advisors with industry experience and necessary relevant skills.

The Self-Description Questionnaire-1: A Lithuanian Application

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
Anne McCreary Juhasz ◽  
Aldona Walker ◽  
Nijole Janvlaitiene
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
And Gender

Analysis of the responses of 139 male and 83 female Lithuanian 12-14 year-olds to a translation of the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 (SDQ-1; Marsh, 1988 ) supported the internal consistency and factor structure of this instrument. Some evidence of a “positivity” response bias was found, however. Comparison of the Lithuanian responses to those of like-aged Australian, Chinese, Filipino, Nepalese, and Nigerian children indicated the Lithuanians tended to report rather lower self-esteem. The Lithuanian males also tended to report lower self-esteem than their female peers. Interpretation of the results are considered in terms of reactions to the recent upheavals in Eastern Europe, stable cultural dimensions, and possible cultural and gender biases in the items of the SDQ-1.

DC-S and ERI Models in Eastern Europe: Kaunas, Lithuania

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Pikhart ◽  
M. Bobak ◽  
M. Marmot ◽  
A. Tamosiunas ◽  
S. Domarkiene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe
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