State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies

294 Pages·2008·1.771 MB·English

by  John Pickles (eds.)

State and Society in
Post-Socialist Economies
Edited by
John Pickles
Studies in Central and Eastern Europe
Edited for the International Council for Central and East European Studies by
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THE CIS, THE EU AND RUSSIA
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John Pickles (editor)
STATE AND SOCIETY IN POST-SOCIALIST ECONOMIES
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UKRAINE, THE EU AND RUSSIA
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GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONALIZATION IN POST-SOCIALIST
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MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA
Stephen White (editor)
POLITICS AND THE RULING GROUP IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA
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RUSSIA AND ITS OTHER(S) ON FILM
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Tables viii
Acknowledgements x
List of Abbreviations xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
1 The Spirit of Post-Socialism: ‘What Is to Be
Understood by It?’ 1
John Pickles
Part 1 Economic Governance, the State and
Varieties of Capitalism
2 Leading Sectors and the Variety of Capitalism
in Eastern Europe 19
Béla Greskovits
3 Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in
ECE: the Case of the EU and the Czech Republic 47
Arjan Vliegenthart
4 On the State of the State: The Czech Transformation
and the Moment of Convergence in the
Visegrád Region 69
Jan Drahokoupil
5 Corporate Control Models in Russian Companies
and Business Integration 92
Tatiana G. Dolgopyatova
6 Diverging and Harmonizing Corporate
Governance in Russia 111
Satoshi Mizobata
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vi Contents
Part 2 Social Mobilization and
Economic Transformation
7 State–Society Relations in Belarus: A ‘labour dimension’ 143
Kiryl Haiduk
8 Trade Unions and the Labour Market in Four New
European Union Member States 158
Massimo Congiu
9 You ‘Can’ Take It with You: Cultural Capital,
State Regulation and Tourism in
Post-socialist Bulgaria 169
Kristen Ghodsee
10 State Policies, Uneven Economic Development
and Environmental Regulation in Urban and
Rural Lithuania 191
Jurgita Maciulyte
11 B uilding a Social Cause in Post-Communist Countries:
Ecological Politics in the Czech Republic 208
Sandrine Devaux
12 Informal Practice, Cultural Capital and Politics in the
Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania 229
Åse B. Grødeland
13 C onclusion: State, Society and Hybrid Post-Socialist
Economies 253
John Pickles
Selected References 263
Index 275
List of Illustrations
Figures
2.1 Average transition indicators 24
2.2 FDI stock 25
2.3 Complex exports 27
4.1 Rule of law 2002 (1996) 75
6.1 Main administrative organization of companies
in Russia 115
6.2 Main administrative organization of companies
in America 123
6.3 Main administrative organization of companies
in Germany 124
6.4 Main administrative organization of companies
in Japan 124
7.1 Wage differentiation (in USD) in the Belarusian
economy in 2005 150
7.2 The dynamics of real wages and productivity in
Belarus, 1990–2005 152
Map
10.1 Map of Lithuania 193
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List of Tables
2.1 L eading sectors in Eastern Europe in 2003 22
2.2 The variety of Eastern European capitalism 41
3.1 Major corporate governance features of the
Anglo-Saxon and Rhineland varieties of capitalism 51
3.2 Main corporate governance features in ECE 53
3.3 Foreign ownership in Czech banks 54
3.4 O wnership structure of Czech banks by share
of equity 55
3.5 Origin of foreign stock (2003) 58
4.1 Neo-liberal transformational state in ECE 73
4.2 S ome basic measures of institutionalization
of capitalist relations 74
4.3 Klausian welfare national state, 1990–6 76
4.4 Porterian workfare postnational regime 81
5.1 Stock property concentration in industry according
to survey data of expert organizations 96
5.2 Models of corporate control on micro-level 102
5.3 Comparison of the main types of corporate control 105
6.1 Number of companies in Russia and Japan 113
6.2 Shareholdings in Russian industrial companies 117
6.3 Concentration of ownership 120
6.4 Assistance to employees 121
6.5 Social service provided to employees 121
7.1 Major macroeconomic indicators, 1994–2005 146
7.2 Reduction of wage differentiation in the
Belarusian economy, 1994–2004 154
8.1 Trade union membership in Poland, 1993–2003 159
8.2 Trade union membership: Solidarnoś c´ and OPZZ 160
8.3 Regional unemployment rates in Slovakia 163
9.1 Job distribution in Bulgarian tourism (1999–2000) 184
10.1 Comparison of housing conditions in urban and
rural areas in 1983 195
10.2 Rural development programme financed by
structural funds 202
12.1 Type of requests received by the respondent 238
12.2 Whether respondent has received requests for favours 239
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List of Tables ix
12.3 Attempts at influencing the respondent when
making requests 242
12.4 R espondent’s response to requests made by powerful
and influential people 244
12.5 The influence of informal networks in the
respondent’s own sector 245
12.6 Whether informal networks facilitate corruption 247