
Not Only the Market
Martin Potucek(Author)
Central European University Press
Published on 3. January 1999
Book
Hardback
164 pages
978-963-9116-52-8 (ISBN)
Description
Successful transition for any post-communist country is reliant upon market, government and the civil sector. Potucek's pioneering study of the Czech Republic highlights the early transitional mistakes made during the Klaus era with respect to the role of these sectors. Not Only the Market examines the balance between where the sectors are or should be and makes useful comparisons with other post-communist countries. Focusing on developmental issues, the book looks at a number of public concerns including social and health care reform, privatization and the emerging patterns of corporatism and examines problems such as insufficient legislation, excessive lenience and the incompetence of public administration which has created an unreasonably large space for socio-pathological forces - corruption, Mafia activity and the siphoning of public funds into private hands. The causes and consequences of these forces are considered and Potucek provides a blueprint of reform which emphasizes the necessity of a conscious public policy to optimize both freedom and inequality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-9116-52-8 (9789639116528)
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Person
Martin Potucek is Director of the Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague. He is a member of several academic, scientific and editorial boards including the Institute of International Relations in Prague and the National Council of Health of the Czech Republic. His areas of major interest include public policy, social policy, the social changes in Central and Eastern Europe and the processes of European integration
Content
Preface to the English Edition - Preface to the Czech Edition, Acknowledgments, I. Theoretical Framework, 1. Definitions of Terms and Their Interrelationships, 2. The Market, 3. Government, 4. The Civic Sector, 5. Citizens, 6. Values and Ideologies, 7. Seeking a Balance, 8. Privatization, 9. Corporatism, 10. Corruption and the Mafia, 11. The Role of Public Policy, 12. The 'Choice of Society' in the Czech Republic, Appendix: The Disciplinary Foundations of the Present Study