To the list of articles29 november 2001
Political Economy of Political Reform: The Point of View of Jan Winiecki
The paper discusses "Political Economy of Reform and Change", the book which was written by Jan Winiecki in the period of decline and collapse of communist economic order and the emergence of the capitalist economic order in the post-communist Eastern Europe (1984-1996). Jan Winiecki tried to answer the following questions: Why economic reforms failed in the Soviet economic system? What are the major determinants of Soviet economic system's decline? What is a proper strategy of transition to a market economy in terms of political economy?