СОЦИЈАЛНА ЦЕНА ТРАНЗИЦИЈЕ
SOCIAL COSTS OF TRANSITION
Author(s): Dušan PavlovićSubject(s): Labor relations, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Economic policy; economic transformation; worker protest; public expenditure; labor market; Labour law; equilibrium of partial reforms;
Summary/Abstract: The risk of political and economic transformation in Central and East Europe after 1990 was based on the presumption that the reforms will collapse when the citizens realize that the cost they have to pay for them is too high. The classical claim was that democracy will be destroyed by democratic means—namely, that the losers in the transition will vote the way back to the authoritarian regime. The article offers an explanation as to the regress to the authoritarian regime will not be a consequence of the economic reforms. The article is divided in six section. Section 1 considers the general context of the start of the economic transformation in the light of the debate about the choice between the expert government and the significance of democratic procedures for economic reforms. Section 2 defines the context of Serbia within which economic transformation started out after 2000.
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 40/2006
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 263-281
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Serbian