Governance Failure and Reform Attempts after the Global Economic Crisis of 2008/09

Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0336-2
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 238 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 310 g

Reihe: Changing Europe

The global economic crisis of 2008/2009 has had a broad impact far beyond economic concerns. Most importantly, it has been seen as a crisis of governance and debates have not just questioned specific regulations, e.g. of global financial markets, but have additionally challenged the appropriateness of underlying governance concepts not only in global markets, but also at the national level.
For the post-socialist countries, which adopted market-oriented governance mechanisms less than two decades ago, the global crisis was the first stress test after the post-socialist recovery. The contributions in this book focus on the impact of the crisis and related reform attempts in two broad areas. The first area is financial and monetary policy, which has been chosen because it is at the core of the global crisis of 2008/2009. The second area is relations between business and state actors, which are important, because corruption and weak institutional frameworks can both seriously hamper reform attempts.
This book presents a selection of the papers discussed at the Changing Europe Summer School on 'The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Central and Eastern Europe' held in Moscow at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics in August 2011.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kosals, Leonid

Pleines, Heiko

Fischer, Sabine

Schröder, Hans-Henning

Weitere Mitwirkende

Fischer, Sabine

Pleines, Heiko

Schröder, Hans-Henning

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzkrisen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzkrisen, Wirtschaftskrisen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I. Financial And Monetary Policy. Beyond Universal Models?
1. Baltic Variety of Capitalism as an Explanation of the Success of Internal Devaluation, by Vytautas Kuokštis
2. Economic Sovereignty and Development or Sound Money and Market Equilibrium? Confl icting Narratives in the Russian Monetary and Financial Policy During the Crisis, by Ewa D?browska
3. Institutional Determinants of Confi dence in National Currency and Monetary Policy Credibility. The Case of Ukraine, by Olena Danylenko
4. Studying Fiscal Policy Effects Using a Simple DSGE Model, by Alexandru Leonte
5. The Secret Behind the Last Financial Crisis. Why Were Some Countries Hit Worse than the Others?, by Vera Jotanovic
Part II. Banks, Finance And Public Interest. Cultural Dimensions
6. Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Indebtedness. The Problematization of Credit-Based Affl uence in Contemporary Romania, by Narcis Tulbure
7. Conceptual Framework of Sustainability of Islamic Financial Institutions amid Global financial and Economic Crisis, by Jakhongir Imamnazarov
PART III. Good And Bad Governance. Actors And Rules
8. Anti-Corruption Policies in Georgia. The Construction of an Image of Success, by Lili Di Puppo
9. Academic Corruption and Reform in Russia and Ukraine, by Eduard Klein
10. Interlocks Between Political and Business Elite Groups and Their Impact on the Income of Ukrainian Enterprises in 2007–2009, by Tetiana Kostiuchenko
11. Trends of Corporate Governance in Post-Socialist States, by Valeriya Zaozerna
About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Heiko Pleines is head of the Department of Politics and Economics of the Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa) and lecturer in comparative politics at the University of Bremen, Germany. His major research interest is the role of non-state actors in political decision-making processes and the resulting impact on political regimes.