Institutional design in post-communist societies :  rebuilding the ship at sea 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University,  1998 
 - 350 p. 
 - Theories of Institutional Design .
<br/><br/> Obra de autoria de Jon Elster, Claus Offe, Ulrich K. Preuss, Frank Boenker, Ulrike Goetting e Friedbert W. Rueb 
<br/><br/> Introduction: Agenda, agency, and the aims of central east Europpean transitions  The particular character of the central and east European transitions  The role of military force and conflict  The political context: eak agents, diverse aspirations  The agenda: economic interests, political institutions, national identities  The demise of European state socialism  Consolidating the new order by institutionalizing agency: who shall be in charge?  Mapping eastern Europe  Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary at the outset of transformation: comparative country profiles  The demise of communist rule: modes of extrication  Constitutional politics in eastern Europe  Constitution making  Constitution structure and provisions  Building and consolidating democracies  The choice and consequences of the electoral systems  Political parties, cleavage structures, and party systems: the prospects for party competition  Building capitalism in eastern Europe  The state of the economic reform: constraints, dilemmas, paradoxes  Bringing the state back out  The furnishing of capitalism  The long road to functioning markets  Socialk policy transformation  The old welfare regime and the reform ambitions after 1989  Reform policies since 1989: institutional continuities and changes in the realm of social policy  Management of social protection: from state command to interest coordination  Comparative assessment: state of reform and performance  Consolidation and the cleavages of ideology and identify  Categorical conflicts and class conflicts  Ethnic and other "identify-based" cleavages  Politico-ideological cleavages  Conclusion: the unfinished project  Criteria and prerequisites of consolidation  Evaluation of the outcomes of the transition process in the four countries under study  How to explain the ranking 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sistema Econômico<br/>Socialismo<br/>Democratização<br/>Democracia<br/>Reforma Econômica<br/>Programa<br/> Reforma Política<br/>Regime Político<br/>Economia de Mercado
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bulgaria<br/>Eslovaquia<br/>Hungria<br/>Republica Checa